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The Real Reason the US is Staying in Afghanistan

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As someone who lived and worked at the field level in Afghanistan for six years (2008-14) implementing projects for the U.S. Agency for International Development, I am bemused by the fact that the mainstream media (who should have known better or worse yet, actually did) misled the public into believing that it was — or ever will be — possible for the U.S. to reach a meaningful peace accord with the Taliban for amicably ending the Afghan war. Moreover, anyone who thinks a piece of paper a purported Taliban leadership council accepts and signs at a given point in time has any lasting value is...

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Ronald Enzweiler

Mr. Enzweiler is a Harvard MBA and MIT graduate who served in the U.S Air Force in the 1970s. He then lived and worked in Europe and the Middle East, including working for Aramco in Saudi Arabia. He later worked for seven years (2007-2014) as a civilian adviser in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. He is now retired and has written a book (When Will We Ever Learn?) critiquing US foreign and military policy from Vietnam to Afghanistan based on his life experiences. He lives in California and Mexico.


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From the Foreword by Lawrence B. Wilkerson: “[T]he debate over whether oil was a principal reason for the 2003 invasion has waxed and waned, with one camp arguing that it absolutely was, while the other argues the precise opposite.” “Mr. Vogler, himself a former...

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