Was it a mistake not to recreate Afghanistan as a constitutional monarchy?

[J Wolfsberger]

Not sure about a monarchy. But a Loya Jirga would definitely have been the right start.

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Regardless, I don't see any reason why district and provincial populations should not be able to select their governor either through direct election or shuras. Resources should also be allocated directly to the districts and provinces instead of going through the ministries in Kabul.

Agree with you here 100%.

A constitutional revamp isn't going to happen. But this sort of procedural reallocation of resources is just what we should be pushing for.

J Wolfsberger, there was a Constitutional loya jirga in 2003. It gave us the current abortion of a system.