The Forces Shaping Transition in Afghanistan: 2014-2016

By Anthony H. Cordesman

Jul 30, 2014

Mr. Chairman, Members of the Committee,
If there is any lesson I have learned during the time between Vietnam and the present, it is that we perpetually seek simplicity and good news in wars that are extraordinarily complex, and we spin the facts into some simple justification of what we are doing rather than face the far more challenging mix of problems and risks that actually shape a conflict.


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