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And illegitimate organization. this is compounded by the fact that the bulk of the population also holds the same view of the karzai government. they consider the central government to be a corrupt, irrelevant entity. the build phase is now largely a figment of the imagination, according to this general. in the final analysis, the three-pronged strategy has two broken prongs. it is a charade summing to the point that the problem and its cures are essentially in the political vice of the military realm. we have a solid military base in afghanistan, writes the general. however, it is meaningless...

How do they view the americans coming in there and essentially cleaning the place up? >> well, these actually are the longer term issues. so the longer term issue is going to be what they called the build phase and the clear hold and build. what's interesting about this particular area, the reason why it's so fertile is about 50 years ago, the americans built that canal system. so the long-term plan is that they're going to be able to get in there and replace poppy agriculture with something else. that's obviously long-term. the other interesting thing, which is a big question mark as far as i...