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They hate us for our freedoms

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Cathy Young
Aug 27, 2021
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Few would dispute the basic truth that the project of converting Afghanistan into a “mini-me of Jeffersonian democracy,” as New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd put it the other day, was destined to fail. Actually, the truth is that there was no such project. I’m not sure if Dowd is aware of this, but Afghanistan, under its pro-U.S. government, was kno…

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