David Frum

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David Frum @davidfrum

It's a good question, what is meant by Taliban "control"? The countryside is governed by local powerholders with whom the Taliban will have to strike deals (including broad tolerance for drug-trafficking). But US goals depended on an effective central state for Afghanistan 3/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 25, 2021

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But because the Afghan government never gained sufficient political support, the battle space was the *only* place dominated by the Afghan army. The rest of the country slid away to Taliban control 2/x https://t.co/lRwEVisZj8 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 25, 2021

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And an effective central state for Afghanistan was never in the cards. The country cannot be made to operate that way. The goal in Afghanistan escalated from "kill bin Laden/uproot al Qaeda" (doable) to "save Afghanistan from itself" (not doable). 4/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 25, 2021