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Afghanistan, Iraq Wars Going Badly: Why Doesn’t America Care?

Maybe the mineral deposits in Afghanistan will make us care about the war again. Peter Beinart on how indifference is letting policymakers do whatever they want, whether it works or not.

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Peter Beinart
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