tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post7342887184765415171..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Obama, Time to Wash Your Hands of AfghanistanThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-64361265874121008892014-02-26T14:48:32.401-08:002014-02-26T14:48:32.401-08:00What is today called Afghanistan was home to no fe...What is today called Afghanistan was home to no fewer than 3 major tributaries of the Silk Road. That brought so many ethnically and racially diverse groups into the South Asian/Caucasus region. Pashtun, Uzbek, Tajik, Hazara, Turkmen and more. East Asian, South Asian (Pashtun and Baloch), Persian, Caucasian, Turk and Arab. It's like herding cats. It's virtually ungovernable for very long. The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-46605170797553000262014-02-26T14:03:53.075-08:002014-02-26T14:03:53.075-08:00A complete military history of Afghanistan over th...A complete military history of Afghanistan over the entire course of human civilization could probably summed up with the following words printed in a single chapter on a single page:<br /><br />AFGHANISTAN<br /><br />Unconquerable. Unwinnable. Unbowed.<br /><br />Do yourself and them a favour and stay home.<br /><br />Leave them alone.<br /><br /><br />N.ThinkingManNeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233707013338083180noreply@blogger.com