Foreign Policy, November 1st, 2001
The Global Positioning System, unmanned drones, unrivaled databases, and handheld computers--much has been made of the technological resources available to the U.S. military and diplomatic establishments. But what do you do if you're trying to wage war in or against a country where you don't know the locals, can't speak the language, and can't find any reliable maps? Welcome to the front lines of the war against terrorism, likely to be waged primarily in "swamp states" about which the United States knows little.
Consider Afghanistan. The United States has not had an embassy there since 1989...
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