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2020-01-17 Afghanistan
SIGAR: US officials have ‘routinely’ lied over Afghan war
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Posted by trailing wife 2020-01-17 00:53|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ]  Top

#1 "There’s an odor of mendacity throughout the Afghanistan issue. . . mendacity and hubris,"

Does mendacity smell different than hubris? And is the stench better or worse than Gwennie Paltrow's poozle candle? One could be forgiven for thinking the US govt was filled with drama queens.
Posted by SteveS 2020-01-17 01:15||   2020-01-17 01:15|| Front Page Top

#2 MENDACITY!!
Posted by Lex 2020-01-17 01:36||   2020-01-17 01:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Wouldn't a quarantine around islam infected areas be much cheaper and safer?
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-01-17 06:41||   2020-01-17 06:41|| Front Page Top

#4 Quarantine? How about fumigation? More effective, lasts longer.
Posted by Andy Glolurt4639 2020-01-17 07:40||   2020-01-17 07:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Check is in the mail not my kid trust me I love you they started it I am not a crook
Posted by Thusogum Slomosing3775 2020-01-17 08:13||   2020-01-17 08:13|| Front Page Top

#6 #3 I've felt that way all along.
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-01-17 08:25||   2020-01-17 08:25|| Front Page Top

#7 Ref #2: 'Big Daddy'.... Mound Church and Cemetery near Willow Hill, Illinois.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-01-17 08:28||   2020-01-17 08:28|| Front Page Top

#8 I have a mental picture of Burl every time I hear someone drop the phrase big data. BIG DATA's GONNA LIVE!!
Posted by Lex 2020-01-17 09:02||   2020-01-17 09:02|| Front Page Top

#9  the very least we can do is to learn from our successes and failures

Like don't waste your resources and lives trying to 'nation build' where there is no foundation for it.
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-01-17 09:48||   2020-01-17 09:48|| Front Page Top

#10 where there is no foundation for it.
Seems like with enough rubble one can build a good foundation (see, e.g., Japan, Germany.)
Posted by Glenmore 2020-01-17 09:52||   2020-01-17 09:52|| Front Page Top

#11 "One c would be forgiven right for thinking the US govt was filled with drama queens"

FTFY, #1 S.S.- no charge. :-D
Posted by Barbara 2020-01-17 09:59||   2020-01-17 09:59|| Front Page Top

#12 That's because we went for their utter defeat to end WWII, instead of this stupid don't-hurt-their-feewings crap in Afghanistan. >:-(
Posted by Barbara 2020-01-17 10:04||   2020-01-17 10:04|| Front Page Top

#13 Three Cups of Tea !!
and Sympathy
Climate Justice For Afghan Girls-- who can code!!
Posted by Lex 2020-01-17 10:24||   2020-01-17 10:24|| Front Page Top

#14 #10 Germany & Japan are nations with history & culture. You didn't build nations there - you just changed their directions.
Posted by g(r)omgoru PB 2020-01-17 12:13||   2020-01-17 12:13|| Front Page Top

#15  Germany & Japan are nations with history & culture. You didn't build nations there - you just changed their directions.

Plus, we sat on them for a while to make sure they got the idea - something we didn't do in tribal Iraq. Not that I'm saying we should have...

The fundamental question here is what to do about regions like Afghanistan, places that might be referred to, for a number of reasons, as 'shitholes'. If you are one of those people who read "The End of History" and believed it, then turning them into western-style democracies is the way to go. Hint: it isn't.

Globalization is all about flow - flows of goods, money, people, diseases and culture. And jihadis. I'm personally willing to let people stew in their own cultural juices for however long. (By the way, how's that Islamic Revolution going for you, Iranian dudes?) But once it starts getting exported, it becomes everyone's problem.

Nuking them from orbit would provide at least a short-term solution and maybe an example for the next guys, but I can see why some might object to this sort of thing. Short of encasing them in a giant transparent bubble, I'm not sure what to do.
Posted by SteveS 2020-01-17 18:55||   2020-01-17 18:55|| Front Page Top

#16 Shoulda cut off the head but left the Ba'athists in power.
Posted by Lex 2020-01-17 19:27||   2020-01-17 19:27|| Front Page Top

#17 Shoulda cut off the head but left the Ba'athists in power. Re Afgh, maybe a few punitive strikes but not wise to put a massive forward presence there. Avoid land wars in Asia.
Posted by Lex 2020-01-17 19:28||   2020-01-17 19:28|| Front Page Top

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