Dr. Frankenbacher

So what should we do? In addition to sending special forces teams to "those countries on the northern border of Afghanistan," the U.S. should—you guessed it—return to the Reagan Doctrine. "Those teams and other military units," he said, "should establish a system of supply and equip those Afghans friendly to the United States so that they can free themselves, with our help, from Taliban rule." Picking Afghanistan's winners and losers is, of course, how we got where we are today.