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Afghanistan: Dying for a Strategy

Are we closer to fulfilling mission-strategy? This past weekend we marked the loss of more American lives in a mission whose objective remains unclear. From an historical military perspective there should be no doubt; it’s about strategic-positioning. From the perspective of democratizing a culture into becoming a pro-western apple-pie eating satellite, or as a case study for making the world safe for democracy, my first impression is to describe the ambition as a form of dystopia. For many reasons, among them being cultural, religious and regional vice, the normalizing of the region is simply not possible; at least not on western terms. For this reason I have long held that that the goal has never been to homogenize the region but in fact to make it inhospitable (by advancing tribal discord); to render the region decidedly unattractive to a would-be aggressor. 

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