Christopher Layne argues that they don't lie with Iraq and Afghanistan. They lie in East Asia in his opinion. You have to agree that he has a point. How we deal with China and Japan and Korea is much more important than trying to bring Iraq and Afghanistan into a 21st century that wants to be less war-riven than its predecessor.
Layne believes that some Muslims hate us because of what we have done in the past - support dictators in the Middle East, favor Israel over the Arabs, maintain a strong military presence in their area. This runs counter to COIN's diagnosis of the situation.
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