This really looks like nation-building in every essence of the word, and I think there is more nation-building here than there really is COIN.
Claire McCaskill: “This really looks like nation-building in every essence of the word, and I think there is more nation-building here than…”
On the recordFebruary 13, 2012
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McCaskill critiques the focus on nation-building over counterinsurgency in Afghanistan.
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