tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15216381.post8818985379389608698..comments2024-01-19T07:30:41.591-08:00Comments on An Average American Patriot: Pakistan and Afghanistan in talks with the Taliban: war weary this is mutual capitulationjmsjoinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17631105639275375922noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15216381.post-51489235352379268902011-12-02T14:41:35.302-08:002011-12-02T14:41:35.302-08:00You're right Demeur and it blows me away to th...You're right Demeur and it blows me away to think we are going to make them a Democracy. They are frigging tribal and the Taliban is indigenous. We are the outsiders that must go!jmsjoinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17631105639275375922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15216381.post-17105415405367332482011-12-02T09:11:48.193-08:002011-12-02T09:11:48.193-08:00People have the misconception that Afghanistan is ...People have the misconception that Afghanistan is a nation. Nothing could be farther from the truth. They have been a collective of tribes for hundreds of years. Why would we expect to try and make a nation out of this why so many other have failed?<br />You may have noted Claire McChaskles' (sic) bill to stop funding for the many projects of rebuilding in Afghanistan. Yes we have spent hundreds of million of dollars to build hospitals and roads over there that they can not maintain because they don't have the resources to do so. <br />As you point out these are tribal leaders and not national or regional political leaders as we think of them today.Demeurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935263659097273535noreply@blogger.com