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Originally Posted by SteamWake
Recently 'released' McChrystil ... I guess thats one way to put it.
I really would like to hear his take on it instead of some british politician.
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Expecting and maybe preferring to hear the usual set of more familiar "we will win if we put our effort into it"-arguments that this one British politicians puts into question by highlighting some basic cultural preconditions in our thinking that seem to be poorly equipped to handle the realities we are confronted with in that place...?
Also, this guys knows Afghanistan quite well, mind oyu, he was there and learned it not from behind a dsktop only but from travelling the dusty village roads. I know from my own experiences in other places that this is the most valuable and improtant way to learn about a forereign place and it's people and culture. No think tank not having staff sharing such learning experinces from location, can compensate for that. Indeed I tend to be extremly critical of think tanks: their ways of thinking often seem to be extremely tunnel-viewed, reflecting the nature of their
financiers. and that includes Pentagon think tanks, of course.