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by dx87 2207 days ago
We could have won that one if politicians had listened to their military advisors. In James Mattis's recent book, he talks about how the Obama administration didn't listen to recommendations for a larger military presence because they were scoring too many political points by constantly "bringing the troops home".
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The military always says they would have won if they had more. I dont think that is the case at all in Afghanistan or Iraq, in Iraq we essentially invented an enemy and lost to them.
Does he talk about his time on the Theranos board?