This story has been passionately written to point out the shortfalls, misunderstandings, and missteps of the US government in Afghanistan. The US involvement in Afghanistan is compared to a forbidden marriage, revealing the ultimate failure of implementing US policies in both Afghanistan and the entire Middle East.
In general, the American public believes democracy is a gift that was showered on the country, without considering what kinds of sacri?ces have been made over the past 300 years to achieve democracy. However, democracy is not a gift that can be transferred, exported, and force-fed to other nations. Nor is it a strategic business plan that one can hastily globalize. It is a process that has to be accepted with deep understanding.