July 16, 2010 – Michael Hastings – The Scott Horton Show – Episode 1327
January 2, 2018
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as posted by the channelMichael Hastings, freelance reporter, author of the book I Lost My Love in Baghdad and the article "The Runaway General" in Rolling Stone magazine which brought down General Stanley McChrystal, commander of the Afghan War discusses the rules of engagement for American forces in Afghanistan, public support for a timeline for withdrawal, the failure of the operation in the small town of Marja and the reluctance of Kandahar leaders to go along with repeat of the same in their city, the corruption and ineffectiveness of the Hamid Karzai regime, the current move to change from the ridiculous CNAS COIN doctrine of nation building to the less ambitious Joe Biden plan for endless targeted raids.
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