It's time to do an honest review!
Historians will write and speak on the fall of #Kabul from here on, and this topic will feed conference sponsors and lecture circuit speakers around the world.
Had George Bush stayed away from Iraq, the situation today could have been different?
Historians will write and speak on the fall of #Kabul from here on, and this topic will feed conference sponsors and lecture circuit speakers around the world.
Had George Bush stayed away from Iraq, the situation today could have been different?
Saddam Hussein, a bloody tyrant that he was, at least kept the strategic balance of power in check from a sectarian perspective in the Middle East.
His removal unleashed the great schism between the rival school of thought, but, also shifted the focus away from #Afghanistan.
His removal unleashed the great schism between the rival school of thought, but, also shifted the focus away from #Afghanistan.
Iraq is reeling from the effects of the war that Blair and Bush launched based on fabricated grounds.
No WoMDs were found inside Iraq!
This was part of the greater #Neoconservative Plan based in Washington to weaken the Arab States, which could offer resistance to Israel.
No WoMDs were found inside Iraq!
This was part of the greater #Neoconservative Plan based in Washington to weaken the Arab States, which could offer resistance to Israel.
Will see what lessons the Taliban will draw from the Vietnamese.
This parable drawn between the two wars is not of much relevance, because the Vietnamese, were a totally different lot!
Today, Vietnamese exports have gone beyond $200 billion?
Remarkable.
This parable drawn between the two wars is not of much relevance, because the Vietnamese, were a totally different lot!
Today, Vietnamese exports have gone beyond $200 billion?
Remarkable.
But, I don't see much of a future for any Theologian State in this day and age.
Saudi Arabia and Iran, having oil, survived by pumping black gold, regardless of what and how they politically function.
On the contrary, #Sudan FAILED and later dissipated into two states.
#Turabi
Saudi Arabia and Iran, having oil, survived by pumping black gold, regardless of what and how they politically function.
On the contrary, #Sudan FAILED and later dissipated into two states.
#Turabi
They say that mining, drilling and exploration of natural and mineral resources can completely change the geoeconomics scenario in South West Asia?
That will require a government that can promise stability and protect foreign investment.
Afghanistan is a long way away from that!
That will require a government that can promise stability and protect foreign investment.
Afghanistan is a long way away from that!
Of course, the best advice to the international community is to leave the #Taliban and #Afghanistan to themselves for the time being, as long as things don't turn bloody and human rights abuses don't occur on an industrial scale.
Let's see how they evolve on their own.
Let's see how they evolve on their own.
If #Cuba can evolve into what it is today, without any international support after the collapse of the USSR, then so can #Afghanistan.
A plethora of inward-looking models presents an interesting case study of how certain hermetic societies can make do even with scare wealth.
A plethora of inward-looking models presents an interesting case study of how certain hermetic societies can make do even with scare wealth.
Closed Societies such as #Bulgaria, #Romania and #Yugoslavia, among Warsaw Pact Nations, were doing well right up to the end of the 1980s.
#Burma was practically isolated during the Cold War.
#North Yemen had a King who didn't allow people to step outside in the evening hours.
#Burma was practically isolated during the Cold War.
#North Yemen had a King who didn't allow people to step outside in the evening hours.
What I am trying to say is that we must understand the sociology of politics, economics, legality, and development from Anthropological, Cultural, Religious, Tribal, Ethno Nationalistic, and Moral Relativist Perspectives.
Like not all human beings evolve in the same way, perhaps, the identical lesson holds true for nations and civilizations.
#Barbarians have always existed in human history and mythology.
They cannot be wished away.
Interpretation is a matter of perception.
#Barbarians have always existed in human history and mythology.
They cannot be wished away.
Interpretation is a matter of perception.
Ceausescu and his wife were not sentenced to death by the military squad because they didn't put food on the table.
I won't agree with this lousy explanation of events that unfolded in Romania.
They were punished for maintaining double standards, and leading an opulent lifestyle
I won't agree with this lousy explanation of events that unfolded in Romania.
They were punished for maintaining double standards, and leading an opulent lifestyle
if you compare the Eastern European Societies under USSR stranglehold, probably, most of them had a much higher standard of living, excellent systems of education, social care, medical care, and public transportation, compared to many African or South Asian Nations.
Of course, the new #Afghan rulers will have to choose whether they would like to imitate ->
1. Hassan Al Turabi's Sudan?
2. KSA Carrot and stick model?
3. Iranian clergy model of Ayatollahs?
4. or learn from Vietnam's Moi Doi Reforms?
I guess the fourth option would be the best.
1. Hassan Al Turabi's Sudan?
2. KSA Carrot and stick model?
3. Iranian clergy model of Ayatollahs?
4. or learn from Vietnam's Moi Doi Reforms?
I guess the fourth option would be the best.
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