Having the US military bogged down in a country where Russia was unsuccessful limits America's capabilities 2/3
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More immediate, though, Russia controls the northern routes for US military into and out of Pakistan. That's unimaginable leverage. 3/
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I'm not saying that's why President Trump is doing what he's doing. Obama did the same. But it is an undeniable outcome. 4/4
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Pretty much every adversary benefits when we bankrupt ourselves in quixotic efforts overseas.
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indeed ... Russia more in this case because of routes into/out of Afghanistan. But agreed.
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Including AQ. OBL's explicit strategy was to bankrupt us by "planting a flag" in worthless terrain knowing we would come running
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Yes, Russia thanked us 17 years ago for taking over this mess.
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