thing? afghanistan? it s the longest war in our history. and americans are still dying. so you go through a rationalization. people say a viceroy? no, it s not as a colonial figure. it s really to do unity of command. since we ve had nothing like that in the last 16 years. you ve had 17 commanders in those years. plus different ambassadors, cia station chiefs. you have to have one person that is in charge of all u.s. government policy, spending, rules of engagement for afghanistan and pakistan since they are linked. we haven t had that. view that person almost as a bankruptcy trustee that can scale away some of the bad decision making and bad spending that we have and scale down. what is the goal for america in afghanistan? to deny terror sanctuary. that s it. let s not worry about the full-on nation-building exercise. but if we strengthen the afghan forces from the battalion level up, right now the u.s. isn t doing anything really below the core level, which are the biggest units of t
people say advice, not as a colonial figure, it s about unity of command. you ve had 17 commanders in those years and different ambassadors and chiefs, you have you have to one person in charge of policy spending and rules of engagement since they are link ed. view that as a bankruptcy trustee that can scale away the bad spending we have and scale down. what is the goal in america for afghanistan? do deny terror sanctuary, that s it? if we strengthen the the afghan forces from the battalion level up, the u.s. isn t doing anything below the core level. but the battalion is 600 people. by putting in a structural support mechanism of those that live with and train with and operate with the afghan unit, by