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Will There Always Be a Pakistan?

Fissures within the military could tear not just the army but the entire country apart. It’s coming sooner than you think.

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Fissures within the military could tear not just the army but the entire country apart. It’s coming sooner than you think.

Seth Cropsey is senior fellow at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C. He served as an officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve from 1985 to 2004 and as deputy undersecretary of the Navy during the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.

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