Afghanistan.....The New Korea?

Politics and Social Issues
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Surprised to see nobody mentioned this yet: In Reversal, Obama Says U.S. Soldiers Will Stay in Afghanistan to 2017 - The New York Times
It looks like the next president will be dealing with Afghanistan, too.

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A lesson learnt after WWII: nation building requires decades of troop presence.

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A lesson learnt after WWII: nation building requires decades of troop presence.
I think it also requires a population that's able to form a nation. There's nobody like that in Afghanistan.
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That’s a somewhat . . . biased thing to say.

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That's a somewhat . . . biased thing to say.
Wait and see if it was biased. Lois
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That's a somewhat . . . biased thing to say.
Maybe, but at this point in time, bias is a good thing.