Advice about our long war – “It’s the tribes, stupid”
Today’s post examines advice to us from historian Steven Pressfield: “The real enemy in Afghanistan isn’t Islamism or jihadism. It’s tribalism. … Can we Westerners impose ‘citizen values’ on a tribal society?” (from his website) Some people say our real enemy in Afghanistan is their religion. Pressfield says our enemy is their form of society. Both sides agree that they cannot …
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