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  1. Lord Sovereign

    The War in Afghanistan

    The true art of “failing upwards” is where you pack the corrupt and incompetent off into nice offices in a useless department where they can do no more harm. You do not put them in positions of actual responsibility.
  2. Lord Sovereign

    The War in Afghanistan

    For the meme.
  3. Lord Sovereign

    The War in Afghanistan

    True bravery is to feel fear, accept it, and overcome it. I think Lord Miles has something genuinely wrong with his brain where he doesn’t feel much, if any fear. Either that or he’s an adrenaline junky.
  4. Lord Sovereign

    The War in Afghanistan

    A good chunk of Islamic civilisation (not all. Jordan has no interest in Jihad for example) is a very aggressive and dogmatic force that inflicts unmitigated savagery on its enemies, be they foreign or within. If you can make nice with them, however, they are excellent hosts. They live, they...
  5. Lord Sovereign

    The War in Afghanistan

    Indeed! Because we know China and Russia's leadership is even fucking worse.
  6. Lord Sovereign

    The War in Afghanistan

    I have always found that to be a large flaw of the “reeeee MUH IQ” thing. Non-Academically inclined countries aren’t going to score very high on IQ tests. And can we really call a Maasai herdsman, who’s kept his flock and village safe for decades from lions, stupider than some soyboy uni grad?
  7. Lord Sovereign

    The War in Afghanistan

    The issue here is that Pakistan is a nation created from scratch and by consent for the most part. ”Afghanistan” is a patch of land where dozens of tribes exist and don’t exactly like each other. It was always a powder keg and by making them adopt a universal democracy we all but ensured it...
  8. Lord Sovereign

    The War in Afghanistan

    True enough, but then again it might be a bit better than "copy paste unitary liberal democracy" onto a part of the world that scarcely understands what a Republic is.
  9. Lord Sovereign

    The War in Afghanistan

    In essence, treat Afghanistan like a feudal state. Have the tribal chieftains be their versions of Dukes and Barons who swear fealty to the King, whilst maintaining their own lands and militias. In return they'd uphold the King's laws and raise taxes. The King meanwhile has a small but powerful...
  10. Lord Sovereign

    The War in Afghanistan

    Bad time to be an Afghan, eh? Although in some respects, it is partially our fault. We're the ones who shoved an inept democracy on them that couldn't survive and paved the way for these lunatics to return to power. Should have just restored the monarchy.
  11. Lord Sovereign

    The War in Afghanistan

    The United States is the world superpower. The UN is its pet. And if the media are so foolish as to support the enemy, then let them receive a traitor's reward.
  12. Lord Sovereign

    The War in Afghanistan

    You know, what with the recent commemoration of the 9/11 attacks, and seeing footage of those planes go in and people jump from the windows, why was America at all interested in nation building? Any military action in the Middle East should have been totally punitive in my view.
  13. Lord Sovereign

    The War in Afghanistan

    I'm personally in favour in trimming a lot of the fat...and boosting the budget. You can never have too many tanks!
  14. Lord Sovereign

    The War in Afghanistan

    God above, "fortification" wise they better be building the Theodosian fucking walls or else they're totally stuffed in 2022.
  15. Lord Sovereign

    The War in Afghanistan

    Corruption makes you stupid.
  16. Lord Sovereign

    The War in Afghanistan

    Christ, when even Joe Biden and a Democrat government think you're a lost cause. What sort of galaxy brained imbeciles are running Afghanistan?
  17. Lord Sovereign

    The War in Afghanistan

    So, what's the betting on the fall of Kabul? My money's on "within the next seven days." Well, I do hope the Taliban can do a better job than this farce of a democracy. Then again, that shouldn't be too hard.
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