Calcolo Afgano

Il Pil dell'Afghanistan è circa un quinto delle spese militari statunitensi per la regione, 12,5 miliardi di dollari contro 65 . Ricordando, via la splendida recensione di The Gamble scritta da Dexter Filkins, cosa era successo nel 2001, forse sarebbe il caso di spendere tutti quei soldi in maniera meno stupida.
Da Surging and Awakening
In fact, much of the initial success of the invasion in 2001 was owed to our turning and often bribing Taliban commanders, sometimes with astonishing results. In November 2001, when the war was little more than a month old, I stood at the outskirts of the city of Kunduz, where thousands of Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters had been encircled, and watched as Taliban fighters drove out of the city in their Toyota Hi-Lux trucks to defect to the army of the Northern Alliance. The Taliban gunmen were literally embraced and kissed by the Northern Alliance fighters as they climbed out of their trucks. Some of the turncoats went into battle against the remaining Taliban the very next day.