tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post6051621185337966590..comments2024-03-27T11:18:34.222-03:00Comments on Viable Opposition: Iran, the United States and Operation Enduring Freedom - Sowing the Seeds of Distrust With WashingtonA Political Junkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03342345936277964422noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post-59196691185507398322020-11-11T18:29:53.293-04:002020-11-11T18:29:53.293-04:00As someone who lived in Herat for a while and some...As someone who lived in Herat for a while and someone who has worked on behalf of US foreign policy, the final paragraph, about implied "loyalty" is farcical.<br /><br />"If there is one thing that history can teach us it's that foreign nations and their leaders that try to curry "friendship" with [XXX] are playing a game that they are certain to lose in the long run. Just ask [AAA] of [ZZZ] how his relationship with [capital of XXX] turned out. [BBB] learned his lesson the hard way."<br /><br />You can replace XXX with the US. Or the UK. Or France. Or Russia. Or China. Or any number of historic nations (to include Persia/Iran), and replace AAA and BBB with assassinated or imprisoned individuals from nations ZZZ or any other and still get the same reaction.<br /><br />The commentary is a very naive suggestion, that individual personal loyalty is somehow morally superior to realpolitik in any national-level confrontation... It's not, and it never has been.<br /><br />What you described isn't an immoral act in a vacuum by a single nation unparalleled by others, what you actually described is literally the history of the entire world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post-58186873794769895622020-01-10T19:13:40.119-04:002020-01-10T19:13:40.119-04:00We are God's gift to the world.
We should c...We are God's gift to the world. <br /><br />We should charge people money for the honor of basking in the glow of Mike Pompeo's glory when they visit us.chris chubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604909869761554670noreply@blogger.com