A war on Afganistan would be easy in the sense that the US/NATO military
powers could overwhelm theirs, but creating a stable government would be
difficult.
On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 07:37:07AM -0700, Jim Devine wrote:
> At 12:14 PM 09/13/2001 +0300, you wrote:
> >It seems that we have some way to go before the recognition of imperial
> >decline sinks in. Until then we're going to be subject to ever-more
> >frenetic efforts to impose the US power elite's sovereign will upon all
> >and sundry.
>
> I am not convinced that "imperial decline" is real. That kind of process is
> reversible. Also, what specifically do you mean? The US industrial economy
> may be in decline, but its military and financial might are undimmed. The
> US/NATO as a whole is still pretty strong. The transnationals are running
> the world economy. Etc.
>
> Also, the little fragment of radio news I've heard suggests that US/NATO is
> going to go to war against Afghanistan, with Russia's support. That would
> be an easy victory -- but then the US/NATO would be trying to run one of
> the poorest and most disaster-struck countries around, while fighting a
> guerrilla army, involving a lot of experienced fighters from the armies
> that beat the USSR.
>
> Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~JDevine
>
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