Monday, August 23, 2021

Afghan troops sought safety in numbers – igniting a cascade of surrender

 

https://theconversation.com/afghan-troops-sought-safety-in-numbers-igniting-a-cascade-of-surrender-166384?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton


 For 20 years, U.S. efforts focused on short-term thinking and problem-solving that shifted both military and political goals over time, rather than investing the time and effort to develop a comprehensive long-term strategy for the war. 


soldiers encountered a “commitment problem,” seeing rapidly shifting conditions that changed their minds from being willing to fight to realizing it was a bad – and dangerous – idea now.

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