What???? it already IS Afghanistan!! its a backwards hellhole and will always be one!!
McMasters seems to recognize the reality there and is stating that. Actual military, as opposed to political, generals are not interested in social work.
TRUE. But NOW we don't have to pay corrupt tribal leaders billions of dollars to pretend they give a damn about becoming something other than a hellhole. We accept the hellhole because we accept reality... and we pocket the billions we were throwing down a rat hole. Works for me.
All we have to do is destroy the poppy fields and make sure they never go back.