What the hell crawled up RSM’s ass and died? 😯 🙄
That may even be a tad optimistic, considering recent history: The educated upper-crust of Afghan society fled when the Soviets invaded and has never returned. After the Soviets withdrew in 1989, they left in place a puppet government that was overthrown in 1992 by something called “The Islamic Jihad Council,” while the countryside was ruled by tribal warlords. By 1996, the Taliban had captured Kabul. For more than 30 years, then, any reasonably ambitious person in Afghanistan has followed one of two career paths:
1. Join a tribal militia and start killing people; or
2. Get the hell out of Aghanistan. (Get the hell outta where? -Pat)
As a result, Afghanistan lacks sufficient human resources to support civil society and generate economic prosperity.
In other words: It’s Detroit.
If Petraeus can win this one, he’ll go from hero to legend.
Typical beltway elitist drivel bullshit from a third rate, washed up, reporter.
I won’t call him a White Nationalist. That would be insulting the White Nationalists. 🙄
I will just call him, what he sounded like, to me, in that little snippet. A fucking asshole. 😡
Hmph… Maybe Charles Johnson has a point after all.
Just sayin’
Oh, and McCain, learn how to spell, ya idiot. Aghanistan?!?!??! What the hell is Aghanistan? 🙄
What do you mean “elitist”? In what sense is it “elitist” to say that Afghanistan has been demographically decapitated?
Prior to 1979, Kabul was a reasonably civilized place. But everyone with enough money to afford to escape (and enough brains to do so) split when the Soviets invaded. This deprived the country of both its natural leadership caste and its middle class — merchants, technicians, teachers, civil servants — and once the Soviets pulled out, the resultant anarchy was to be expected.
I used the analogy of Detroit (now a bankrupt shell of the great city it was circa 1960) but you might also compare Afghanistan to Albania or the former Yugoslavia.
No, it is elitist to make snide comments about my home city. some people might consider your comments racist. Although, I won’t wave that flag.
…and if you are referring to the Unions. You might have a point about the politics of some of the Unions; but it just so damned happens, that I owe my life and my families life to the damned UAW…. Especially after the UAW saved my Father from being fired, when an asshole boss falsely accused my Father of punching someone else’s time card; Which he did not do and was proven to be innocent of those charges. I was about 15, when that happened. I’m 37 now. Needless to say, I’m glad the Union was there for my Dad.
Now you put that in your pipe and smoke it! 😡