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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (126131)12/2/2009 7:26:10 PM
From: JohnM  Read Replies (1) of 543242
 
Deceptively so--like quicksand.

Let me say it again but a bit differently. Because of their tribal structure they are more vulnerable to invasions than countries with a reasonable state apparatus. But, simultaneously, because of the tribal structure, Afghanistan is also a much harder place to maintain an occupation.

The US trick is to side with the tribal structure against the more modern military structure of the Taliban. Role reversal.

If you wish to argue with this, how about more than a quip.
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