I question the connection you

moat — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 20:08:32 +0000

In reply to There Is Likely No Withdrawal From Afghanistan

I question the connection you have made between the interests that lead to starting a war and what compels the end of it.

The proxy war with Iran did shape what the Bushes promoted and/or condemned in Iraq. The energy resources of those countries were not being directly contested but the shape of the market where they get exchanged was. And if one is going to weld together national and economic interests of groups whose wealth has been generated by manipulating said environment, the next shot in the movie zooms in on Cheney and Bush thinking they can bust the game wide open by invading Iraq.

Whether they suceeded in their objective cannot be measured by the shit show we paid for in treasure and blood. I am not able to separate what other motivations might have driven these people to seduce the country to invade another. It is clear, however, that they have not suffered finacially as a price for the failure.

Saying as much is not to say all security issues by our massive apparatus are based upon financial gain. Having the Taliban take over actually brings new problems to all who are neighbors the nation.

I don't think we are on the brink of a new escalation. As we have learned since Vietnam, proxy wars are started by millionaires and paid for by peons. It is not a sustainable system. The bill has come due.

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I question the connection you