Sophrosyne
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I never thought I would see the likes ever again.
What are the US using for intelligence nowadays.
What are the US using for intelligence nowadays.
The shift in power from the democratic world to the totalitarian world is concerning and seemingly inevitable.Now that the US is retreating from Afghanistan and the middle east, who will fill the gap and what does Europe do now? We in Europe are far more directly affected by instability and terrorism in the middle east than the U.S. is anyway. The sight of Biden last night an old man in charge of the U.S. withdrawal is truly worrying. Everyone in Europe from Poland to London must be truly exasperated by this sight.
It will embolden China Iran and Russia to start causing more mischief safe in the knowledge that the US under Biden will not respond
But it is that thinking that was the mistake and led to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq that we can remake the world in our image. In order for other regimes to respect us they also need to fear us, the Americans are no longer feared like they were after WW2. If they no longer fear the U.S. it makes the world a more dangerous place because then powerful regimes might really test the Americans and NATO and force a conflict where nuclear weapons are back on the table again.We may have seen the high watermark of global democracy. At the end of the Cold War we had the chance to build a truly just global world and we failed utterly
What thinking? I'm just pointing out what think the future holds.But it is that thinking that was the mistake and led to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq that we can remake the world in our image. In order for other regimes to respect us they also need to fear us, the Americans are no longer feared like they were after WW2. If they no longer fear the U.S. it makes the world a more dangerous place because then powerful regimes might really test the Americans and NATO and force a conflict where nuclear weapons are back on the table again.
That's the major mistake from Biden's withdrawal he has now increased the likelihood of a major conflict that the US and NATO will not be able to retreat from but will have to properly confront.
The mistake is that we can remake the world in our image, with guns.But it is that thinking that was the mistake and led to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq that we can remake the world in our image.
If they'd stayed out of Iraq they would have had the resources to win in Afghanistan. The day they invaded Iraq they lost Afghanistan.The Americans spent over two Trillion Dollars supporting the ousted Afghanistan Government,
Afghanistan corruption was among the worst in the world under the ousted Government,
the only reason the Taliban are back in power is because of corruption,
Armies of liberation become armies of occupation soon enough unless all the other bits required to construct a modern society follow in short order.Send in soldiers with guns to remake society and you alienate the locals.
comparing the medieval conquests with the modern era is not comparing like with like, you could say the same about the Vikings or the Visigoths, life was expendable and brutal back then , the arab conquests were as brutal and destructive as everyone elses at that time . You could say that the Taliban are successful now because they are following the exact same brutal playbook as their medieval counterparts. They have married brutality and barbarity with modern weaponry that they have robbed from the Americans.when people say that it's impossible to invade and occupy Afghanistan and Asia Minor it should be remembered that the Arabs did it, that's why they are Muslims now. The Arabs did it without destroying the vast cities with the most complex systems of irrigation in the world.
Mainly caused by other powers invading.I don't like the Taliban, Everybody on this forum doesn't like the Taliban. But, many in Afghanistan like the Taliban. There has been military unrest in such like countries for hundreds (if not thousands) of years.
Because they started it. It goes back to that age old rule of "you break it, you bought it".Whether Joe Biden, Boris Johnson or Putin are right or wrong not to intervene is a "by-the-way" now. I wouldn't like to see a son or daughter of mine sent to Afghanistan or any other country to fight another country's wars. Why shouldn't Joe Biden think like me if he wishes?
It's hard for weak countries to solve problems which are caused by other much more powerful countries.I wonder is it time to call a halt sending military aid risking thousands of lives of people who have nothing to do with the situation? Is there a case for Afghanistan (and other countries) to solve their own problems?
Life is expendable and brutal now.comparing the medieval conquests with the modern era is not comparing like with like, you could say the same about the Vikings or the Visigoths, life was expendable and brutal back then ,
They weren't, though that's as much to do with how City States functioned and how diplomacy worked as the Arabs were certainly just as capable of brutality. Within a generation of the Arab conquest the region was thriving and more successful than ever.the arab conquests were as brutal and destructive as everyone elses at that time .
True.You could say that the Taliban are successful now because they are following the exact same brutal playbook as their medieval counterparts. They have married brutality and barbarity with modern weaponry that they have robbed from the Americans.
I think they left it back like it was they paid two trillion for breaking it,Because they started it. It goes back to that age old rule of "you break it, you bought it".
I think they left it back like it was they paid two trillion for breaking it,
the only people to benefit over the last twenty years are the people who did not want it fixed the deposed Government,
USA will be paying another trillion in retirement benefits to the people who served there,
I would not be surprised if most of the people at the airport trying to leave are the same people who milked and squandered the last twenty years they were more interested in keeping the USA in Afghanistan forever and a day for money reasons,I think the former Second World War Allies confused Nation re-building (Germany, Japan etc.) with Nation Building (Afghanistan etc.).