10-11-2012, 02:58 PM
I'll stick to my basic thesis. The obsession with "Nation Building" that has diffused into the State Department's DNA for decades guarantees ultimate failure in 'Afghanistan'.
There.
Is.
No.
Country.
Called.
Afghanistan.
It's a damn geographic area on a map.
Why were the Taliban and Al Quaeda successful ? Because the Russians destroyed SO much of the tribal areas that a majority of the population went to live in "Pakistan'. In what is called the "NWFPA". Which is now also Afghanistan.
And when nothing but scar tissue is left, the strongmen move in.
The world really doesn't know much of what goes on in the area. Fisking reporters yammer about what happens in Kabul. 99% of the people living in that geographic area don't give a goat's behind about Kabul.
There.
Is.
No.
Country.
Called.
Afghanistan.
It's a damn geographic area on a map.
Why were the Taliban and Al Quaeda successful ? Because the Russians destroyed SO much of the tribal areas that a majority of the population went to live in "Pakistan'. In what is called the "NWFPA". Which is now also Afghanistan.
And when nothing but scar tissue is left, the strongmen move in.
The world really doesn't know much of what goes on in the area. Fisking reporters yammer about what happens in Kabul. 99% of the people living in that geographic area don't give a goat's behind about Kabul.