America’s Biggest Challenges of the Afghan Mission: The Privatization and Infrastructure Projects of Afghanistan. Colonel Thomas H. Magness IV, Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (GNSEA)

October 27, 2011, 6:00pm

Summary:

U.S. Colonel Thomas H. Magness discussed the privatization and leadership efforts taking place in Afghanistan and what we can expect of the country in the near future.

Detail:

Some key takeaways:
 
1) To win in Afghanistan we have to win the hearts and minds of the Afghan people

2) Building Infrastructure schools, roads, hospitals etc. is the best way to show the Afghan people we are working in their best interest

3) We should not be operating on a specific withdrawal timetable because it gives the Taliban the ability to scare the Afghan people into believing that they will take control once the U.S. leaves