{"id":4465,"date":"2009-10-14T01:26:25","date_gmt":"2009-10-14T05:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?p=4465"},"modified":"2012-12-26T21:51:52","modified_gmt":"2012-12-27T02:51:52","slug":"the-lost-war-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/international-relations\/10\/14\/the-lost-war-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lost War In Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We are here to kick the Taliban out. Why are you not helping us?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What can we provide for you? You have planes, tanks and guns. What do we have? We&#8217;re simple people&#8230;. If you can&#8217;t win, how can we?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><center><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/pages\/frontline\/js\/pap\/embed.js?frol02c324cqbec\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t mind hearing dim-witted rednecks say &#8220;governance&#8221; and &#8220;violent Islamic jihadists&#8221; every 20 seconds, this Frontline video is an exceptional look into how very lost is the war in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We are here to kick the Taliban out. Why are you not helping us?&#8221; &#8220;What can we provide for you? You have planes, tanks and guns. What do we have? We&#8217;re simple people&#8230;. 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