by Dr. Scott Corey
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US combat forces will begin to withdraw from Afghanistan in July of 2011. Afghan military and police must quickly prepare to fulfill their role in that nation. Training is being improved, but continuity of discipline and motivation after training appears to be problematic. Pay has been increased, but widespread corruption makes reliable delivery of payroll vulnerable to abuse.
If Afghan forces of order are going to be independent, capable, and constructive in a short time frame, daring (not reckless) ideas must be proposed and debated now, not six months from now. This article offers a daring idea enclosed in a gray bureaucratic folder.
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Dr. Scott Corey served as a rifleman in the US Marine Corps from 1972-6. He earned a BA from Claremont Men's College and went on to a PhD in political science from UC Berkeley. His dissertation subject was revolution and political violence. He now works at a rural crisis center in the Sierra Nevada region of California. Previous work includes an article on the Unabomber, and a conference paper on the 9/11 attacks.
