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2021-08-18 Afghanistan

Afghan debacle shattered foreign policy establishment's 'expertise' mystique

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Posted by Fred 2021-08-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top
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#1 The fall of the Soviet Union and 9/11 didn't?

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-08-18 05:54|| 2021-08-18 05:54|| Front Page Top

#2 ^Gives us an example when they made correct prediction, P2K?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-08-18 05:59|| 2021-08-18 05:59|| Front Page Top

#3 ...hmmmm...still thinking...maybe this one.

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-08-18 09:05|| 2021-08-18 09:05|| Front Page Top

#4 Korea, right?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-08-18 09:07|| 2021-08-18 09:07|| Front Page Top

#5 I' put any faith into "forirgn policy" experts. No offense intended to anyone here.

Posted by Chris 2021-08-18 10:22|| 2021-08-18 10:22|| Front Page Top

#6 Wasn't #2 in the Saddam deck of cards also a red head? Just askin' for a friend...

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-08-18 10:26|| 2021-08-18 10:26|| Front Page Top

#7 #4 yep. then again, the same old hands from WW2 still on board.

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-08-18 10:40|| 2021-08-18 10:40|| Front Page Top

#8 excuse my gibberish. I don't put any faith in "foreign policy experts".

Posted by Chris 2021-08-18 12:57|| 2021-08-18 12:57|| Front Page Top

#9 #2, maybe the Marshall Plan. That was nation building too but then at least we had some material we could work with.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2021-08-18 14:05|| 2021-08-18 14:05|| Front Page Top

#10 Oh, and then there are the foreign policy experts who think of Israel as an ally we should support. Biden might not be one of those. He seems to favor Iran just like his former boss.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2021-08-18 14:11|| 2021-08-18 14:11|| Front Page Top

#11 The "mystique" existed only among those in the media sucking Brennan's and Clapper's d*cks. Everybody eles saw them for what they we for over a decade.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-08-18 15:25|| 2021-08-18 15:25|| Front Page Top

#12 What M.Murcek said.

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-08-18 17:57|| 2021-08-18 17:57|| Front Page Top

#13 Re #2 & #9,The largest difference between AFG and the Marshall Plan in Europe and Japan, is that in the WW2 examples, the people there already had a developed country, and wanted one back. The people of AFG didn't have one to begin with, and would routinely bail out when given the opportunity.
I have repeatedly seen police reports advising of AFG personel being trained in the US, and would go AWOL in order to not go back hame.
Ponder this: Is there now an anticipated migration of immigrants to go back to AFG?

Posted by ed in texas 2021-08-18 19:06|| 2021-08-18 19:06|| Front Page Top

#14 I've heard it also said Japan is a culture based on honor. Where Afghanistan is a culture based on shame.

Posted by CrazyFool 2021-08-18 20:11|| 2021-08-18 20:11|| Front Page Top

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