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Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan (edição: 2017)

de Scott Horton (Autor)

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Summary: "After more than a decade and a half, the results are in. The U.S. government has been unable to achieve its goals in Afghanistan. Even worse, what state it has been able to achieve there is completely unsustainable and certain to fall apart when the occupation is finally called off, and America does come home. The politicans, generals, and intelligence officers behind this unending catastrophe, who always promise they can fix these problems with just a little bit more time, money and military force, have lost all credibility. The truth is America's Afghan war is an irredeemable disaster. It was meant to be a trap in the first place. America is not only failing to defeat its enemies, but is destroying itself, just as Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda always intended. Fool's Errand is an attempt to present the American people with the reality of this forgotten war, because only the ignorance of pride and refusal to admit they have been deceived can prevent Americans from realizing they have supported a policy that is destructive to the United States as well as Afghanistan." -- from Introduction.… (mais)
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Título:Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan
Autores:Scott Horton (Autor)
Informação:CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2017), Edition: 1, 316 pages
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This should be mandatory reading (despite the fact that i despise the term mandatory and our state run school system). At a minimum, it ought to be read by anyone considering joining the military. Phenomenal presentation of the farce that was our "Fool's Errand" in Afghanistan for so many years. Having followed Scott for some time now, I'm a bit ashamed to say it took me this long to read it, but I'm glad i finally got around to it. Highly recommend. ( )
  therooster | Jan 9, 2023 |
Whenever people raise Afghanistan as the “good war” vs Iraq, I’d tend to answer “better than completely bad is still not necessarily good”. Afghanistan involvement after the initial anti-AQ activities of q4 2001 was also bad.

This book does a great job of presenting the case that Afghanistan was always a bad thing to get involved with, but more importantly, that escalating and prolonging it is also counter to US interests (and common sense). ( )
  octal | Jan 1, 2021 |
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Summary: "After more than a decade and a half, the results are in. The U.S. government has been unable to achieve its goals in Afghanistan. Even worse, what state it has been able to achieve there is completely unsustainable and certain to fall apart when the occupation is finally called off, and America does come home. The politicans, generals, and intelligence officers behind this unending catastrophe, who always promise they can fix these problems with just a little bit more time, money and military force, have lost all credibility. The truth is America's Afghan war is an irredeemable disaster. It was meant to be a trap in the first place. America is not only failing to defeat its enemies, but is destroying itself, just as Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda always intended. Fool's Errand is an attempt to present the American people with the reality of this forgotten war, because only the ignorance of pride and refusal to admit they have been deceived can prevent Americans from realizing they have supported a policy that is destructive to the United States as well as Afghanistan." -- from Introduction.

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