Ralph Peters: ‘Corruption Is the Cancer’ that Destroys Democracies

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PETERS: "I like what Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said. I believe these are things that should have been said and done 10 to 15 years ago. My position is very simple. It is basic math. We can’t expect 12 or 13,000 U.S. Troops to do what 140,000 U.S. And allied troops could not do. I mean that defies common sense. And so while I do not want a total withdrawal, I want to be laser focused on killing terrorists but secretary tillerson said some really important things, coming down on corruption, absolutely critical. It may be too late. Trish I’ve seen this continent after continent with my own eyes in the military, then as researcher afterward, corruption Tillerson said some really important things, coming down on corruption, absolutely critical. It may be too late. Trish I’ve seen this continent after continent with my own eyes in the military, then as researcher afterward, corruption is the cancer that destroys nation democracies, destroy nation rule of law states and we, St as in south Vietnam, we with great intentions poured so much wealth into a poor country we corrupted people to lead that country. We turned petry criminals into crime bosses."