What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
ā Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering riflesā rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisonsā¦
ā Wilfred Owen
What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
ā Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering riflesā rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisonsā¦
ā Wilfred Owen
There you go again; never said weād do any liberating that is for the citizens to decide themselves. If China goes to war because of their authoritarian leader, the system may unravel & highly likely not be supported by their public. War wonāt fix their real estate Ponzi scheme that collapsed ruining a lot of peopleās retirement plans.
Take off the rose-tinted glasses and see past propaganda. You donāt know anything about China and their happiness. We are seeing discontent among the working age youth (they stopped publishing stats on it), and they have had plenty of protest squashed. Itās not all bubbly (nor is it the worst possible thing). To be honest we canāt know because authoritarians despise transparency. They are just happy for rubes like you.
Afghanistan was a NATO Article V in response to 9/11. The guys that supported networks like Osma Bin Ladenās & terrorist like him are long gone. NATO reformed the mission in 2015 with the goal of developing an independent, self-sustaining force capable of combating both internal and external threats. It wasnāt the preferred government forces that would be duly elected & accountable to the citizens but hey they got there in a way. Now they can have water wars with Iran, get in scuffles with Pakistan, decide if they want a Chinese highway cutting through remote territory, and fight ISIS-K all on their own. The kids grow up quick and get to go their own path like Iraq.
We exited a war with a more different version of our 2015 goals but we it wasnāt some combat loss you are thinking of. They are fighting terrorism & standing up for themselves as a nation, not for sure how long but it got there. If I see some ballerinas playing on public TV, maybe Iāll change my mind. I just like enjoying my life free from the taste of boot in my mouth and wish the Afghans could have enjoyed that too. But feel free to lick those boots if you want to.