08-25-2021, 09:09 AM
(08-24-2021, 10:16 AM)Kenzo Wrote: I feel sorry for Afgans , life if too hard and dangerous there. It was bad that USSR and the CIA started their ventures there decades ago...
What's really bad is that we left as soon as the Russians did, instead of helping Afghans rebuild a country THEY wanted. Doing so left a power vaccuum that allowed the ISI to send their Taliban in to take control by proxy.
Now they're back, stronger than ever, because we are creating yet another power vaccuum for them to sweep in and fill.
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’