I agree that the troops successfully went in and established military control of most of the province. The problem is that the mission was poorly articulated by the politicians and they didn't understand how long it takes to make a country again from scratch. Despite having tried to do so before and failing previous generations.
Once the troops were in to catch the bas guys who caused 9/11 the politicians didn't know how to get them out again without having the place fall to pieces around them.
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