On Sunday 01 Feb 2009 10:47:12 am Udhay Shankar N wrote: > http://seedmagazine.com/news/2009/01/2009_will_be_a_year_of_panic.php
> But a delusion that lasts for decades is not a delusion. Truer words have rarely been said. One such delusion is right there in Bruce Stering's passage: > 6. The Westphalian system. Why are so many great military powers losing > a war in Afghanistan? Afghanistan isn't even a nation-state, yet it's > defeating all comers. Why do we even pretend to have nations these days? > Hollow states, failed states, non-states... The European post-state! ROTFL Sadly underinformed. Like most Americans who write on the subject. But in 2009, it's getting better. shiv
