“Some of the Afghans now, they’re very snooty, they don't want to drink anything that’s not bottled. We’re trying to draw them back: `Hey, remember when you used to drink it right out of the well?’”

— Marine Major General John Toolan, who just spent a year commanding U.S. and NATO forces in southern Afghanistan, on the perils of giving too much aid to the Afghan military.

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