"The central thesis of the American failure in Afghanistan - the one you'll hear from politicians and pundits and even scholars - was succinctly propounded by Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage: 'The war in Iraq drained resources from Afghanistan before things were under control'."

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Anand Gopal is an American journalist and author known for reporting on Afghanistan and U.S. foreign policy. He is the author of No Good Men Among the Living.

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