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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
I do find it funny that so many people immediately discard the 'more troops' theory without ever having any military experience. I find that laughable indeed.
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Considering that the difficulty in Afghanistan is not winning battles, but setting up institutions that will generate stability in a religiously, linguistically and ethnically diverse country that has been at war, either internally or against foreign invaders for most of the past 300 years, I don't think first hand military experience is that important. Or at least it is certainly not more important than knowing the history of the country, its internal politics, and knowledge about political processes in general.
And I am surprised that you of all people think that the adequate solution to an unstable country is an ever growing number of foreign troops protecting that which has just been ranked as the 2nd most corrupt government in the world.