The Military Collapse
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A wrote a bit at 1945 on the collapse of the ANA.
An army is a manifestation of a social structure, and can never be fully independent of that social structure. The functioning of an army depends on an array of cultural and social priors. This cultural and social capital both limits and enables the army. If it is ordered to perform missions for which it lacks social and cultural capital, it will fail just as readily as if it lacks technology or logistical support.
The piece includes many links to reported pieces on the problems with the ANA. Next week, I’ll start dealing with the unpleasant task of revisiting what I’ve written about Afghanistan over the last 16 years, distinguishing the merely deluded from the howlingly wrong.