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Cato Video • October 6, 2009 

# Cato scholars take on myths of war in Afghanistan. 

The United States has been in Afghanistan for eight years. The end of our engagement there is not in sight. [Ted Galen Carpenter](/people/ted-galen-carpenter), [Malou Innocent](/people/malou-innocent) and [David Rittgers](/people/david-rittgers) take down myths associated with the war in Afghanistan and offer solutions to American involvement there. Ted Galen Carpenter and Malou Innocent are authors of a new paper, “[Escaping the ‘Graveyard of Empires’: A Strategy to Exit Afghanistan](/pub_display.php?pub_id=10533).” 

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##### [Ted Galen Carpenter](/people/ted-galen-carpenter)

Former Senior Fellow, Cato Institute

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##### [Malou Innocent](/people/malou-innocent)

Adjunct Scholar 

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##### [David Rittgers](/people/david-rittgers)

Former Legal Policy Analyst