Friday 25 September 2009

 

Running from Afghanistan

Obama Finally Facing Reality in Afghanistan
We keep going into countries we don't understand, stuffing them, then running away because we keep ignoring the fact that many countries do not want freedom. Okay, the little people do, but the powers that run things do not. When a supporting army's goals run counter to the local power structure's goals, failure is inevitable.   The reason that the Taliban have any success at all is because they empower have-nots that no local authority has any time for.
      The reality: just put it in the too hard basket. America doesn't have the stomach to win a long-term conflict against both local government and its enemies, especially with the media at home deliberately trying to undermine every military effort at every turn.  
      PS: Contrary to this report, elite journalists are less "obsessed with how the game is played" and more obsessed with being able to say "I told you so" after the fact,  Nothing annoys them more than the military or the government actually being right about anything.

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