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10. 2000 years of history proves that the problems in Afghanistan by the military.
Sun Aug 20, 2017, 08:33 PM
Aug 2017

Ask Alexander the Great, the Mongols, the British, and the Soviet armies, they all failed, just as our efforts have to date. The military sees only military solutions, and that's their job, but counter-terrorism plans need a diplomatic approach that combines policing, political and economic measures.

Trump is a one trick pony. He has no foreign policies in place and there is no one at State qualified to step in, all he has is his generals, and the only thing they can give him in more wars.

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