Originally Posted by
gums
Salute!
Great OP-ed appeared shortly after Kabul fell, and it describes the fate of the 'stan. I wholeheartedly agreed with the guy's conclusion.
To avoid some ROE concerning polyticks, I submit the URL for your consideration.
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/202...el-greenfield/
Gums sends...
Thanks for the link, that was an interesting take.
At BPF:
The worst thing that could have happened to the Taliban was to win the war. They are an effective guerilla army but utterly incompetent at running a country and will fail just like the last time.
Just like Simon Bolivar and most of the 'viva la revolucion' crowd over the centuries.
Darned few are any good at running a country, all of them are capable of winning a revolution...and then comes the hard part.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss is what happens as often as not.