http://www.jacksnewswatch.com/2009/07/02/irans-stature-fades-in-afghanistan/ Jack's Newswatch - You can fool some of the bears all of the time, and all of the bears some of the time, but you can not fool all of the bears all of the time — Jack's Newswatch Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:13:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.jacksnewswatch.com/2009/07/02/irans-stature-fades-in-afghanistan/#comment-1450 nomdeblog Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:00:37 +0000 http://www.jacksnewswatch.com/?p=1850#comment-1450 The article covers the interplay of Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan. It doesn’t mention the role of Pakistan ( harbouring the Taliban) nor the Wahhabis in Saudi Arabia which is where it all started with their backing of bin Laden in Afghanistan. There are a lot of state and non-state actors involved in this regional mess.   In other words this is not about real countries whose borders are just lines in the sand drawn by the victors in World War conflicts. It is about tribalism in a region whose population is exploding. Tribalism, with nomads wandering around like they did in 700 A D, will no longer work in large populations. Only democracy will work and until they figure that out, the regimes in the region will continue to implode. Iraq is the best model so far. The article covers the interplay of Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan. It doesn’t mention the role of Pakistan ( harbouring the Taliban) nor the Wahhabis in Saudi Arabia which is where it all started with their backing of bin Laden in Afghanistan. There are a lot of state and non-state actors involved in this regional mess.
 
In other words this is not about real countries whose borders are just lines in the sand drawn by the victors in World War conflicts. It is about tribalism in a region whose population is exploding. Tribalism, with nomads wandering around like they did in 700 A D, will no longer work in large populations. Only democracy will work and until they figure that out, the regimes in the region will continue to implode. Iraq is the best model so far.

]]> http://www.jacksnewswatch.com/2009/07/02/irans-stature-fades-in-afghanistan/#comment-1449 Jack Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:32:34 +0000 http://www.jacksnewswatch.com/?p=1850#comment-1449 Indeed.  That's why I posted the story. Indeed.  That’s why I posted the story.

]]> http://www.jacksnewswatch.com/2009/07/02/irans-stature-fades-in-afghanistan/#comment-1448 Mac Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:35:28 +0000 http://www.jacksnewswatch.com/?p=1850#comment-1448 Although this starts off talking about suppression of the media in Herat, the story seems to imply we've made more progress in Afghanistan than it would appear on the face of things. Although this starts off talking about suppression of the media in Herat, the story seems to imply we’ve made more progress in Afghanistan than it would appear on the face of things.

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