"What effect must it have on a nation if it learns no foreign languages? Probably much the same as that which a total withdrawal from society has upon an individual." --G.C. Lichtenberg
If Iraq can be made a beacon of democracy, why can't Afghanistan?
No, really. We went in and changed the regime. What did we change it to?
Why didn't we make it democratic and enlightened? Are the people there too primitive? Is the history too complicated, the factions too long embittered? Are there irreconcilablereligious or ethnic differences?
Why isn't Afghanistan suitable for improvement if we are so sure it's such an easy job in Iraq? I'd really like to know. posted by David at 2/20/2003 12:22:00 AM ::
