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Not all empires die in Afghanistan?
Published: 05 August, 2009, 22:16
Edited: 06 August, 2010, 00:58
Unlike Britain and the Soviet Union in the past, America's goal in Afghanistan is not to occupy the country, but to prevent it from harboring terrorists, says Megan Ortagus of the Institute for the Study of War.
Not all empires die in Afghanistan? What happened? 9-11-2001, then Afghanistan War started, followed by Iraq. And next what happened in the USA? A financial crisis... The spending is still continuing, but the American people are being laid off work. If they don't stop funding wars with money they've printed, while ink is still warm, they will certainly die as an "Empire." Contain terrorism? They're spreading anger that promotes terrorism by arbitrarily bombing civilians with UAV's in the comfort of a lounge chair while drinking coffee. There mission better be to stop killing and being the cause of instability, save money, and go home where they are needed to rebuild a failing economy.
Especially those terrorists who will not let us run proprietary pipelines through their country. The actual "occupation" will be outsourced to Exxon/Mobile.
Not all empires die in Afghanista, THEY MAY JUST GET FATALLY WOUNDED TO DIE LATER?
Megan Ortagus's comment is outrageous. We're in Afghanistan to control the illicit (and legal) drug trade. It's all about complete control. Anything anybody ever wants, must eventually come under the complete control of the United States government. So far, they're 90% successful. Gaining control of YOU is their next goal, and they're doing a rather successful job of that too, simply by lying to you. The government is NOT your advocate, but your enemy. They want to remove the power you have living a free and independent life.
Well, with people like Megan doing the stratagy, I feel a whole lot better. Keep it up Megan, if you believe your words, its fine by me! Your a Russian asset. Now what is happening in Afghanistan is quite simple, its called de-scoping. Basically when you are failing to meet requirements, you just remove them, so that you can deliver something. The US is failing there, against the requirements it set, and is rapidly realising it. So de-scoping (adapting in marketing terms) becomes necessary. However even de-scoping to a single requirement of Afghanistan not being a place to harbour terrorism, is simply not going to work, because as soon as they go, low and behold the Taliban are back, and with it a terrorist training centre. So the US is going to be in a bit of a bind. It will de-scope to a single requirement it won't be able to meet. So it will have a further choice, de-scope to nothing, and abject failure or stay forever dying. That is why empires go to die there. History! don't you love it when the Megans of this world can read the books, but can't understand them! I accept this gift with pleasure.