<Don't you think it's time to admit to ourselves that no other nation, except the US/UK, is willing to spend precious national treasure rebuilding either Afghanistan or Iraq?>
No other nation is capable of doing anything but signing new contracts and looking for good days. They are all lurking for part of action but no responsibility.
Russia is responsible for the mess we call Afghanistan.
China has economic interests and exporting interests far exceed responsibilities in Taliban infested Afghanistan. They have fear of their western provinces and Islamic based movements there too. Osama sitting in Kabul did not attack the greatest economy in east or Shanghais trade centre, it was and is the heart of US economy that they are after.
A nation incapable of defence of its exterior borders would pay very dearly, in this convoluted world Ghaddafi coughed up 2.7 billion for Lockerbie against 31 m dollars for UTA French plane, by the look of it you can see nations who appease are not respected by these thugs, these vandals need sanctuaries and Iraq, Afghan were greatest of the sanctuaries. Russians, Chinese and Europeans like to play on the both side of the fence but they lack capabilities too, their reach is insignificant and they cannot address these issues, they are not even the target as they are not the greatest nation of the world rather their mediocrity and complexity is more in line with defeatist mentality that gives birth to convoluted mind such as we are facing!
<So why not quit deluding ourselves and acting like we should expect these nations to step up to the plate?>
It is easy to say lets walk out from all the trouble spots but 911 was not a product of vacuum, the sick minds out there are on the run they are not being allowed from Humbali in Thailand to hinterlands of Pakistan the brain and bran of these terrorists are being pursued, appeasement leads to revival and moist horrible of attacks, continuation of any such methods would destroy nothing but 11 trillion dollar US economy, if planes stop flying and terrorism results in a close world our Global economy of 35 trillion plus will come to an halt, it is the extremists Islamist from US to Bombay who want to steal the peace of the world away, their actions are aimed at the heart of the economic centres the way forward is clear either send ala Clinton few Tomahawks or pursue them and make grass root changes, the liberals said that 500,000 casualties are must before Iraqi regimes can be changed it was as big a lie to protect status quo and contracts, from Total fin to big Russian oil or the Chinese the interest was economic brinkmanship with Saddam so as to leverage their presence in oil fields, absence of Saddam has brought at least new broadsheets and free expression in Iraq, nation building is a long process and ME has completely changed, Iraqis are free and last remnants of people who feel war and killing is the answer are on the run, the 35 trillion global economy is safe plus survival prosperity of billions of poor people is better, it is the poor who will suffer the most if global economy breakdown, the aim of these stone age terrorists is to breakdown semblance of order and if someone like Bush would have not taken the gauntlet, economic disasters of terrorists infested world would have ensued. In 2nd world war Wall Street never closed for number of days as it was after 911. |
