Something to ponder

[pecunium]

When some member of this administration goes someplace like Iraq, or Afghanistan, it's a secret.

Not just the President leaving his guests to go have turkey in Baghdad, but Rumsfeld, Rice, etc.

So how did the Taliban know Cheney was going to be there?

Comments

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

None of this surprises me... why?

I read Kipling, and the various accounts of the British attempts to take control of Afghanistan.

I recall what happened to the Russians.

I don't think we are fundamentally better than either of those were at this sort of thing, and we committed far fewer resources to it.

In short, we bought Afghanistan on margin.

TK

[cactusthesaint.livejournal.com]

In short, we bought Afghanistan on margin.

You're exactly right. Didn't someone or other say we weren't sending enough troops into Afghanistan? And didn't someone else say we were doing the same thing when we invaded Iraq?

[dsgood.livejournal.com]

Possibly also relevant: the US military record in the Americas. If US intervention in less-develiped countries was likely to accomplish anything: Haiti would be prosperous, and Cuba would be solidly pro-US.