“The mystical war against communism finds its counterpart in the mystical war on terrorism,” he said. “As in the 1960s so, too, today: Mystification breeds misunderstanding and misjudgment. It prevents us from seeing things as they are.
“As a direct result, it leads us to exaggerate the importance of places like Afghanistan and indeed to exaggerate the jihadist threat, which falls well short of being existential. … With the long war already this nation’s second most expensive conflict, trailing only World War II, and with the federal government projecting trillion-dollar deficits for years go come, how much can we afford and where is the money coming from?”
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