The real interesting question is why such idiots as the neocons, like Wolfowitz, did get into power? — ssu
There's really something wrong with the "Blob", the Foreign Policy establishment of the US. — ssu
obviously the Emirate will be short of cash — ssu
I think there is and ought to be experience. Yet it simply doesn't matter. Those deciding don't have the experience, even if the establishment has collective knowledge.Lack of experience probably. — frank
Please keep in mind that were in the final stages of the 20 year war. The fact that ISIS-K is now some blip on the radar is interesting. — Shawn
Yes, the US lacks the long term planning as China, but in the end the Foreign Policy is quite similar if the political rhetoric is put aside and real policy decisions and actions are viewed. — ssu
Please keep in mind that were in the final stages of the 20 year war. The fact that ISIS-K is now some blip on the radar is interesting. — Shawn
In the introduction there's discussion of the notion that Afghanistan isn't a country so much as a gap between countries — Banno
...more that Afghanistan is essentially ungovernable because it is not a unit; not an individual. Hence, applying the philosophical issues of individuation to a... geographic area?Seems kinda like an imperialist take to me — StreetlightX
Hence, applying the philosophical issues of individuation to a... geographic area? — Banno
What actually happens to them is completely irrelavant because the money has already changed hands, and that was the only purpose of the Afghan business venture. — StreetlightX
What actually happens to them is completely irrelevant because the money has already changed hands, and that was the only purpose of the Afghan business venture. — StreetlightX
No, Afghanistan is perfectly governable, it's just not governable by a centralized state-system which would like to impose governance from above — StreetlightX
:razz:Which rules out all of analytic philosophy quite nicely. — StreetlightX
When you learn that capital is indifferent to fake lines on a map except to the extent that it can use them to its advantage, it doesn't really matter who does the manufacturing. — StreetlightX
Never heard of Boko Haram in Nigeria? Or the Benghazi attack in Libya and the present situation in the country? Or Al-Shabaab in Somalia? Or about Nusrat al-Islam, the Al Qaeda branch in Mali?You're painting with a broad brush. There are no active warzone's in Africa or South Asia... — Shawn
A drone strike, intended to kill members of the Islamic State - Khorasan Province, also lead to the deaths of ten Afghan civilians. Among those ten were six children. The ten civilians were killed when the drone strike blew up a car right outside their house. The youngest victim was two years old. Her name was Sumaya.
Ramin Yousufi, a relative to those slain, let out his heart to a BBC reporter: "Why have they killed our family? Our children? They are so burned out we cannot identify their bodies, their faces." The most grotesque part is that the family was planning to evacuate to America through Kabul Airport. One of those murdered had worked as a translator for US forces in Afghanistan. Another had already secured visas for their departure. An American Dream dashed across the sands of Afghanistan
So in all, the Global War on Terror is quite active; alive and kicking. Even if people don't know it anymore. — ssu
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