Nothing is sadder than dying in a lame duck of a war — unless it’s dying at the hands of those you’re sworn to protect.
Afghan Military Killings of American Troops Underscores Absurdity of Our Afghan Adventure
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Light at End of Afghan Tunnel Recedes With Brazen Taliban Attacks, Army Desertion, and Flourishing Opium Trade
What generals don’t get is that wars like Vietnam and Afghanistan — occupations in effect — are political, not military affairs.
U.S. in Afghanistan: a Perpetual Motion Machine for the Generation of Grief
While Americans die in Afghanistan, the democracy we’re attempting to instill there is but an abstraction to most Afghans.