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In Bed with Warlords

Drop the phony outrage over the CIA hiring a suspected drug dealer in Kabul's first family. Walter Russell Mead on why saving Afghanistan means cutting nasty deals with shady people.

Walter Russell Mead
Walter Russell Mead
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Walter Russell Mead

Walter Russell Mead

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