Five years after 'defeating' the Taliban there is still not an effective police force in Afghanistan. And no one knows how many police officers are on duty nor can many trucks and much equipment be found although we have paid for them. Heck, they can't even find the contract between the government and DynCorp, the contractor hired to train the police force. Furthermore, although Afghanistan and Iraq have about the same population, the Iraqi police force, such as it is, is twice the size of that of Afghanistan.
A friend of mine frequently said that success in business is all about blocking and tackling - that is, doing the mundane but necessary tasks that a successful business must be able to execute day after day. Clearly, he would be appalled at our government's inability to block and tackle.
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