"People who like to sound tough reflexively back the guys with guns over the guys in jeans with sacks of grain or the guys in suits with papers. But take it from someone who spent nearly 1,500 days downrange over the course of 20 years: USAID is worth every penny." https://www.thebulwark.com/p/usaid-kept-my-troops-safe-in-afghanistan?r=1emko&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false