America has spent more rebuilding Afghanistan than it spent rebuilding Europe under the Marshall Plan

That’s ultimately the problem, yeah. I do think that if the US had had competent people in charge (instead of Bush & co.), and if there had been a genuine, serious effort at state-building in Afghanistan, instead of half-assing everything in the hurry to invade Iraq and pour more blood and money into the sand, things in Afghanistan could be a lot better.

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