Notwithstanding the Secretary of War’s allergy to post-conflict reconstruction, why does he want partners for a bit of rebuilding and a bit of demining? Could it be because the Chinese-instigated Pakistani-brokered ceasefire is basically flimflam, to enable the Iranians to carry on as before, America to extricate and regional partners to deal with a still-extreme Iranian theocracy? Does he want someone else to be left holding the bag?Are these all rhetorical questions?

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