See? It Is Too Bush's Fault. Neener Neener!

First, President George W. Bush and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld had criticized using the military for peacekeeping and reconstruction in the Balkans during the 1990s. As a result, “nation building” carried a derogatory connotation for many senior military officials, even though American forces were being asked to fill gaping voids in the Afghan government after the Taliban’s fall.

Second, military planners were concerned about Afghanistan’s long history of resisting foreign invaders and wanted to avoid the appearance of being occupiers. But the historians argue that this concern was based partly on an “incomplete” understanding of the Soviet experience in Afghanistan.

America certainly trips over its own dick (Or untied shoelaces, as it's obviously a nation of pin-dick motherfuckers whose peckers are unlikely to extend far enough to allow for pissing w/o squatting.) more than might be expected for such an exceptional, special, Founded By GAWD Hisse'f nation, doesn't it? Explain that, reactionaries!