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Tag Archives: Afghanistan
Cowboy Economics
American efforts to instigate economic growth in countries in need of reconstruction, including Iraq, Afghanistan, and Haiti, have fallen short of expectation. A more sensible approach to reconstruction and economic development in crisis countries, such as Haiti and Iraq, is one which reduces the size of government. This is not something which can be centrally planned, or somehow conveyed through military occupation or aid (however you want to call it), but something which occurs naturally. Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Politics
Tagged Afghanistan, Capitalism, Haiti, imperialism, iraq, reconstruction, Third, War, World
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1,000 Dead Later
1,000 dead in Afghanistan, official as of 18 May 2010. 1,000 dead, with no success in sight. Continue reading
Futile Counterinsurgency
Two months after U.S. operations in Marja, the Taliban still hold sway over the region. Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Politics
Tagged Afghanistan, counterinsurgency, failure, insurgency, Taliban
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Casus Belli
According to the government, it was the Taliban which attacked the United States. This is the same group the United States continues to vie with over control of Afghanistan. Continue reading
Nation-Wrecking in Afghanistan
Afghanistan cannot succeed through forceful “nation-building”. Afghanistan’s route to prosperity will have to be a tough internal political evolution, and can only come through the market. Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged Afghanistan, Anarchy, central, Government, terror, War, warlords
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Republicans Aren’t Ready Yet
The Republicans are still hawks, still support corporate welfare and agree with social insurance. The so-called shift to the old right has yet to take place, and looks increasingly unlikely. Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Afghanistan, Bin, Laden, republicans, State, Taliban, terrorism, union, War
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