We learned the wrong lessons from our post-WW2 success
To many Americans, wrapped up in their insular worldview, the answer is simple: U.S. occupation transformed the country into what it is today. Take a fascist dictatorship, add some U.S. soldiers, and shazam, rich liberal democracy! So of course the fact that we can no longer seem to pull off this sort of trick means that we’re a fallen, diminished empire and blah blah.
https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/the-afghanistan-occupation-and-the?
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