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Originally Posted by spottedmedic111
Unfortunately he did deals with local power brokers/war lords instead of Afghan officials, which is what we were there to do. As such it has mostly unraveled since he left...no enduring gains made. True, warlords get things done and Afghans officials are infuriatingly self-serving. Yet, that was our mission. He had a wild ride but didn't help us much.
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That' a part of the story I'd not heard before and figured I'd get here.
That's a difficult dance step but seen it done before.
In RVN you had to deal 'locally' with power brokers and with the central Govt. goons.
I'll bet the local Afghan officials are 'dealing' with local war lords presently...and Karzai never stopped.