There was never going to be a moment when the United States military was going to be able to create a fully functioning, independent and competent Afghan military and government. If we couldn`t do it in 20 years, we weren`t going to do it in another 10 or another 20.
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Murphy argues against the feasibility of establishing a stable Afghan government after two decades of military involvement.
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