Nation Building is a Luxury in Afghanistan
John Bolton, former US Ambassador to the UN | May 17, 2010
Funnelling money for infrastructure is a luxury that the necessarily long-term US military presence in Afghanistan cannot afford. ++ “Our objective is not to remake Afghanistan. That is the Afghans’ job.” ++ Moreover, a failure in Afghanistan could destabilize Pakistan and stretch an already taxed Nato too thin. ++ The future of Nato itself is “at risk in Afghanistan” and given the state of things, the military cannot afford to build the nation. ++“This is a hard truth, but realistic unless you are prepared to risk a nuclear Taleban.”
