(08-17-2021, 11:48 AM)americus 2.0 Wrote: A good read on how and why, after 20 years and billions of dollars spent, the Afghan army failed. And why we will continue to fail because we try to "copy and paste" how we train and fight onto a people and culture who are not like us at all. The Afghan SpecOps  soldiers will be able to protect them and theirs, but the regular army? Not so much. 

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"It's easy to blame-shift, but it ignores the obvious: The Department of Defense (DOD) is absolutely horrible at raising indigenous fighting forces."


Nation building can't happen with a nation that is unable or unwilling to rebuild.