"The police always arrest the Taliban, but when they go to court, they pay a bribe and get released." -- Afghan Police Lt. Col. Abdul QaderThe harsh truth of nation building. We can't do it. No exit strategy, no demands on Karzai, no benchmarks, no timetables, just 30,000 troops? FAIL.
Source: http://www.realitychex.com/
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It just goes to show that our political system is just FUBAR. We have blinding examples of failure in Vietnam and Iraq and here we are doing it all over again.
In addition we are giving Karzai BILIONS with a B in aid and not holding him accountable to anything.
Here are two very relevant links:
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN AID AND NOTHING IN RETURN
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/bronwen_maddox/article6900133.ece
JOHNSON'S ESCALATION OF VIETNAM: A TIMELINE
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/11202009/profile.html
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