How the ‘self licking ice cream cone,’ prolonged the 20-year war

Gareth Porter- Institutional interests, including military budgets and self-preservation, will drive bad national security decisions every time.

Institutional interests, including military budgets and self-preservation, will drive bad national security decisions every time.

There is a rapidly growing political demand for making American officials accountable for the failures of the Afghanistan War, with a focus now on the military leadership and top generals’ role in keeping forces there for 20 years despite all the signs they knew the war was unwinnable.

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https://thealtworld.com/gareth_porter/how-the-self-licking-ice-cream-cone-prolonged-the-20-year-war