Yon is one of those rare reporters who actually knows the subject, being former SF. His dispatches give a better picture than those “journalists” who often forget the fundamentals of reporting (who, what, when, where and why). The MSM has failed miserably in contrast.

If we had only stuck to the strategy of supporting the Northern Alliance instead of “nation building”! IMO we played right into AQ hands when we decided to build a nation. In the case of Afghanistan it is an impossible dream.

Salaam,

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