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April 18, 2012

It's Groundhog Day in Afghanistan

Malou Innocent, Cato@Liberty

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The war in Afghanistan tragically feels like the movie Groundhog Day: reliving and retelling the same stories repeatedly, but with the situation worse than it was the previous time. The United States is perpetually stuck in a repetitive series of setbacks and scandals that damage the mission. It cannot escape the shadow that ruinous events cast over the prospect of defeating the Taliban.

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TAGGED: United States, Taliban, Afghanistan

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