Pete Buttigieg: “There was an enormous amount of corruption [in Afghanistan].”

“You just mentioned a universal sort of moral code and that I kind of was. I was thinking of certain practices in certain societies that are seen as objectively non democratic, oppressive, et cetera. Yeah. I mean There was an enormous amount of corruption [in Afghanistan]. Like it was sort of like ingrained in the culture in a way. But you have to understand that that's kind of what it took to get things done.” (45:49–45:53)

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