After the war in Vietnam we said, never again. Now we’re in Afghanistan, making the same fundamental mistake.
One of the reasons I have chosen Halberstam is because I think it applies today to what the Western powers are trying to do in Afghanistan. There are so many parallel structures – the massive application of firepower and not much understanding of the people. To the Afghans, we tend to be just another foreign invader, however well-intentioned. Which is why, like Vietnam, I think it’s an unwinnable war.
We need to get out of Afghanistan, now, and STOP trying to remake the world by war, one or two nations at a time.
Truth and Traditions 
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