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We Got Afghanistan Wrong, but There’s Still Time to Learn Something
If the U.S. wants to prevent a Taliban takeover after September, it’s time for a fast admission of what our military misread over the past 20 years.
A U.S. Army soldier walks past an American Flag hanging at Forward Operating Base Bostick in Kunar province, Afghanistan. | David Goldman, File/AP Photo
By JASON DEMPSEY
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Jason Dempsey, PhD, is a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, an adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security, and the author of Our Army: Soldiers, Politics and American Civil-Military Relations.