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... establishing "representative, competent and honest" local government is the way to go.
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Seems like we're doing that.
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. The study says the United States would have more success if the insurgency were defused early and it must develop ways to interpret early "indicators and warnings."
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Classic second-guessing.
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... the United States must do a better job of organizing, training and equipping local security forces, and gathering and sharing information.
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Seems like we're doing that, too.
What is it about these goals that is inadequate, counterproductive, or infeasible? Does anyone think these goals could have been achieved in the status quo of the pre-war era? If these are worthy goals now, and CNN via the Rand Corp seems to think they are, weren't they worthy goals then?
