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Antiwar.com Original Originally posted at TomDispatch. Shouldn’t we be amazed? After all, for almost 20 years, the U.S. military has been supporting, equipping, training, and building up the Afghan military to the tune of more than $70 billion. The result: a corrupt mess of a force likely to prove incapable of successfully defending the U.S.-backed Afghan state from the Taliban once our troops are gone — that is, by this September 11th. I mean, what were the odds? All too high, I’m afraid, given the US military’s record in Afghanistan and elsewhere in ...

Than any other negotiation he's been in, whether it was running a new york real estate business or some negotiations he's done while in office. and so he -- for him, again, it's all about chemistry, sort of personal interaction, getting in the room with someone and it's very transactional. so, as you saw at the g7, sort of these traditional world orders and, you know, alliances can very easily be blown up. and in a certain way, although i don't think the president would put it this bluntly, but my colleague phil rucker certainly did. the president recognizes a bit of himself in kim. there's a ...