[smaug7]

Was looking for this comment. In McNamara's reflection, a tenant he called out was to understand the enemy. US didn't understand the Viet Congs motivation for fighting the war (freedom from colonizers) whereas the US viewed the war as a larger Cold War. This is the same as what happened in Afghanistan that we didn't learn.

[calyth2018]

I'd argue the US has not tried to understand the enemy since the Cuban missile crisis. There are more failures outside of Afghanistan, and I think the US is going to walk right into another one.