For all the national blood and treasure we lost there Congress might have well issued Letters of Marque and kept the military home.
We made insurmountable mistakes. We allowed women to remain subordinate, allowed the poppy fields to bloom, took too long to figure out that FET (Female Engagement Teams) and ADT (Ag Development Teams ) often working together could bring women and children's level of living up. We would have had to turn the countries way of life upside down at first but it could have been done.
Giving the amount of money we did to local commanders only created a culture of corruption. We would have been better off sending over goat herds branded with USA on them, helped families build micro farms with poultry and food gardens. And, if the population was really good a 1950's era Ford tractor. Something maintainable by the locals.
We made a very common American mistake...thinking that greenbacks solve any problem no matter what the century the populace is living in.
For all the national blood and treasure we lost there Congress might have well issued Letters of Marque and kept the military home.
We made insurmountable mistakes. We allowed women to remain subordinate, allowed the poppy fields to bloom, took too long to figure out that FET (Female Engagement Teams) and ADT (Ag Development Teams ) often working together could bring women and children's level of living up. We would have had to turn the countries way of life upside down at first but it could have been done.
Giving the amount of money we did to local commanders only created a culture of corruption. We would have been better off sending over goat herds branded with USA on them, helped families build micro farms with poultry and food gardens. And, if the population was really good a 1950's era Ford tractor. Something maintainable by the locals.
We made a very common American mistake...thinking that greenbacks solve any problem no matter what the century the populace is living in.