Robert Andrews actually 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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Would more people have jobs if we stopped the layoffs of police officers and teachers?

But you would admit that there are 2.4 million new private sector jobs since the health care law was signed?

The middle class of this country has seen a lot of dramatic changes in the last couple years.

That is the problem we should be talking about, unemployment.