What bothers me is that we have spent over one Trilion dollars (that's Trillion with a big "T" folks!) in pursuit of goals which I feel have not been realized, and which sandstorms will cover our bootprints before the ink on the dollars is dry.
We fail to realize that tribal conflicts and loyalties, thousand-year-old grudges and revenge pacts, religions extremeism all conspire to defeat our efforts and the efforts of (unwilling)partners.
Loyalty in this arena last only until the next "bribe" is paid, the last check received.
Ask the Russians.
The attitude in this area has always been, "They will come, they will pay, and they will go. Then we can get back to the business of killing each other."
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