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Originally Posted by donquixote99
It was, as with Vietnam, a stalemate machine. By 'it' I mean the leadership politics and bureaucratic cowardice of DC, that was unwilling to risk either escalating enough to possibly bring the Taliban to terms, or leaving--until Biden finally pulled the plug.
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There was a really good reporting on CBS Sunday Morning today. As in Vietnam, the graft and corruption in the Afghan government and military was rampant from top to bottom. As many as half the 300,000 reported ranks of the Afghan army, that this country completely financially supported, were "ghost" soldiers who didn't exist...their pay going to the General staff and other high ranking officers. The question remains...how do three presidents representing both parties, lnot only let this go on, but finance it for two decades.