tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1781966654378488643.post7028229886724208711..comments2024-03-29T00:39:15.916-07:00Comments on The Reno Dispatch: Trump and Obama: All Wrong on AfghanistanJamie Renohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07503392544496379634noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1781966654378488643.post-15371402747204146122017-08-23T16:38:38.139-07:002017-08-23T16:38:38.139-07:00Thanks Bruce. Well argued. Thanks Bruce. Well argued. Jamie Renohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07503392544496379634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1781966654378488643.post-15484305659273074552017-08-22T08:51:06.506-07:002017-08-22T08:51:06.506-07:00Lithium
Opium
Oil PipeLithium<br />Opium<br />Oil PipeBruce Robertson Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792929656698937014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1781966654378488643.post-18864973890840915282017-08-22T08:49:52.167-07:002017-08-22T08:49:52.167-07:00Couldn't agree more Jamie.
From Alexander the ...Couldn't agree more Jamie.<br />From Alexander the Great onwards it's been called "The Graveyard of Empires".<br />"For Gen. Victor Yermakov, a former Soviet commander in Afghanistan, the situation is more clear cut. Summed up by what he says are the words of Babur, founder of the Mughal dynasty that ruled much of central Asia in the 1500s: 'Afghanistan has not been and never will be conquered, and will never surrender to anyone.' " *<br />Call me cynical. But. I believe there are three pivotal reasons for sending more young people into "Forgotistan"<br />Lithium<br />Opium<br /><br />*http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/12/07/afghanistan.graveyard/index.html<br />Oil Pipe <br />Bruce Robertson Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792929656698937014noreply@blogger.com