"When it comes to what was imbecilic, frankly it was the technique that was adopted for 20 years, which was to attempt to construct a extremely cen
“When it comes to what was imbecilic, frankly it was the technique that was adopted for 20 years, which was to attempt to construct a extremely centralised state in a rustic that was as numerous – geographically and ethnically – as Afghanistan, and to have interaction in a counterinsurgency technique with out a native accomplice and the native accomplice was corrupt, ineffective, illegitimate,” he stated.