No more troops to Afghanistan
By H. D. S. Greenway | Tuesday, September 22, 2009 | The Boston Globe
“…Rather than becoming the new Russians who found themselves hated foreigners, we should accept more modest goals. The history of Afghanistan suggests that we are not equipped to make over the country to our liking, and the history of the United States suggests that Americans give up these efforts sooner rather than later. King Henry had technology on his side at Agincourt. The long bow was the Predator Drone of its day. But Americans are not interested in hundred-year wars, which is what the English were engaged in on that St. Crispin’s Day….”…BS
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