Posted on Aug 25, 2021

A Top U.S. Military Officer Finally Admits He Was Wrong About Afghanistan

SSG Robert Mark Odom

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A Top U.S. Military Officer Finally Admits He Was Wrong About Afghanistan

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MSG Stan Hutchison

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From the article:
"we should have pulled out our troops a decade ago, soon after Osama bin Laden was killed."

100% correct!

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MSgt Dale Johnson

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Agreed!

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MAJ Ken Landgren

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Our objective to win the hearts and minds of Afghans and nation building was a complete 20 year failure. We thought if we followed the COIN manual, we would win. Obviously it did not work. Winning hearts and minds is predicated on providing requisite security for the people, but that was an impossible task.

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