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Linking Security and Development in Fragile States: Recent Lessons from Afghanistan J Alexander Thier. Three quotes. “I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called nation-building.” Governor George W. Bush, Presidential Debate, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, October 11, 2000.
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Linking Security and Development in Fragile States:Recent Lessons from AfghanistanJ Alexander Thier J Alexander Thier Authorized-Use-Only
Three quotes “I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called nation-building.” Governor George W. Bush, Presidential Debate, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, October 11, 2000. “We will stay until the mission is done. … Peace will be achieved by helping Afghanistan develop its own stable government. …[We] are working in the best traditions of George Marshall. Marshall knew that our military victory in World War II had to be followed by a moral victory that resulted in better lives for individual human beings.” President George W. Bush, Virginia Military Institute, April 17, 2002. “The United States Congress has stepped in to find nearly $300m in humanitarian and reconstruction funds for Afghanistan after the Bush administration failed to request any money in the latest budget.” BBC World Service, 13 February, 2003. J Alexander Thier Authorized-Use-Only
Comparison of Aid Levels J Alexander Thier Authorized-Use-Only
Comparative Peace-Keeping Commitments since 1993 J Alexander Thier Authorized-Use-Only
Combined OEF Costs and Aid ($ in Millions) Data Source: Congressional Research Service J Alexander Thier Authorized-Use-Only
US Aid to Afghanistan($ in Millions) Data Source: Congressional Research Service J Alexander Thier Authorized-Use-Only
Troop Levels in Afghanistan Data Source: Congressional Research Service, media reports J Alexander Thier Authorized-Use-Only
US Aid to Afghanistan:Security, Counter-Narcotics, Health & Education($ in Millions) Data Source: Congressional Research Service, USAID J Alexander Thier Authorized-Use-Only
The Sequencing Problem J Alexander Thier Authorized-Use-Only