Robert Andrews said...

the absence of an indigenous Afghan economy that could support a regime caused the dependency upon the Soviet largesse.

Andrews summarizes the failure of the Najibullah regime due to lack of economic independence.

07/17/2012

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I appreciate the fact you are struggling with limited dollars. We have made that decision, not you.

What you are suggesting and advocating for--and I agree with--is a strategy of making alliances and partnerships.

to discern a way that we can engender broad-based economic growth in our country

this is an area where I think we will deeply regret not staying current, not staying ahead of the rest of the world if w...