A legitimate government - one recognized as such by its citizens
Adequate security forces - to preclud ungoverned areas that could host terrorist staging activities
an economic system not reliant upon narcotic production
Stable enough to resist adventurist actions of its neighbors
"In other words, doesn't have to smell like roses, but it can't smell like a pile of $hit either" -
end state (more or less) proposed to CENTCOM CDR o/a May 02
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