American Hubris: The Real Reason For The Afghan Debacle

Power not only corrupts, but stupefies the proud

Taliban soldiers after taking an Afghan base in Kandahar (longwarjournal.com)

Afghanistan is the Graveyard of Empires. Afghanistan is a swamp, the more you move, the more you bog down. — Suhail Shaheen

Over the past twenty years, most of us have heard of Kandahar, the second-largest city in Afghanistan. It is a truly ancient city, having…