Which I'm all for, but then it has to be framed like that: Take control away from the military, and give it to the people who know what works and what doesn't (less confrontationally, the military is there to serve the civilian reconstruction, not the other way around). Framing it as "we should stay there to help the locals" reinforces the military control of the operation.

- Jake

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