You can fail early by being too weak on religion - as per Iran.
You can fail later by being too hard on religion, drag down your allies with you, and poison-pill the Muslim world - as per Afghanistan.
The death of the USSR is why our world is so miserable and bleak today. And the Afghan failure was a domino in that. I encourage you to learn those lessons as well.
Or you can come up with a more clever, thorough, and calibrated plan than:
You can fail early by being too weak on religion - as per Iran.
You can fail later by being too hard on religion, drag down your allies with you, and poison-pill the Muslim world - as per Afghanistan.
The death of the USSR is why our world is so miserable and bleak today. And the Afghan failure was a domino in that. I encourage you to learn those lessons as well.
Or you can come up with a more clever, thorough, and calibrated plan than: