tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post8345096301319685722..comments2024-03-28T07:32:42.996-04:00Comments on thwap's schoolyard: New Flash!!! Torture and Corruption Rampant in Afghanistan!!!!!thwaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-86681124227484526792010-03-12T11:13:57.010-05:002010-03-12T11:13:57.010-05:00Why do you hate the troops?
Thanks for comment....Why do you hate the troops?<br /><br /><br /><br />Thanks for comment. I typed that silly, stupid, revolting question above because at this point you and I both know that the mission was doomed from the start, but we also know that the fools who supported it will never accept reality, but will be forced to reply with insane accusations of treason.thwaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-34143072125744214272010-03-12T11:02:22.863-05:002010-03-12T11:02:22.863-05:00Nothing new in this. We "installed" war...Nothing new in this. We "installed" warlordism, a modern form of feudalism, because it suited us in driving out the Taliban. Few bothered to note these guys were as bad, sometimes worse, than the gang we sent packing.<br /><br />A Senate foreign relations staffer testified a few years ago that there has never been a successful transformation of a Muslim state that didn't first overcome both tribalism and warlordism. In other words, it ain't gonna work, not now, not ever.<br /><br />Because we chose to accept warlordism as the ruling establishment in Afghanistan, all we've been doing is babysitting an unresolved civil war. That is the net sum of all the efforts and lives we've expended so far and will sacrifice in the future. The warlords know it. The insurgents know it. The Afghan people know it. The Pakistanis know it.<br /><br />Chatham House, the Royal Institute, labelled Afghanistan a "criminal enterprise" and warned it was doomed so long as it remained a "nexus" of government/druglord/warlord criminality. And we expect what exactly?<br /><br />We're not even interested in addressing the fatal structural flaws in Afghan governance. That's simply whistling past the graveyard.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.com