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Default How Short-Term Thinking Makes the US Worse at Fighting Wars - The Atlantic

How Short-Term Thinking Makes the US Worse at Fighting Wars - The Atlantic

03-31-2012 10:36 AM


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How Short-Term Thinking Makes the US Worse at Fighting Wars
The Atlantic
In 2010, the US adopted a new tactic in southern Afghanistan: it began to bulldoze entire villages to clear them of IEDs. The policy -- reminiscent of Vietnam, of destroying villages to save them -- spoke to a deeper issue with how the war was being ...
Scott Van Wynsberghe: Will Afghanistan's war end in the same way as Vietnam's?Democratic Underground

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