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Admiral Michael Mullen: The enemy in Afghanistan is not the insurgent; the enemy is fear.

On the recordJanuary 14, 2009
The enemy in Afghanistan is not the insurgent; the enemy is fear.
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Admiral Michael Mullen

Editor's note · Context

Mullen highlights that fear, not insurgents, is the true enemy in Afghanistan.

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