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Afghanistan: Stay or Go? The final decision will depend largely on whether
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin can face down white White House armchair warriors
allergic to "losing" wars already long lost, as well as arms makers
profiteering on the ones that drag on for decades.
Austin has had up-close experience with both of these centers of power. But
he has also seen – and borne more immediate responsibility for – the bloody
consequences. Can he draw the proper lessons from the pliable, lemming-like
leaders – prominent among them African American males who made it to the top,
but then let the white guys tell them what to do? Or will he cave – like Colin