Joshua Malbin » Afghanistan http://joshuamalbin.com Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:50:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Graveyard of Anti-Imperialists http://joshuamalbin.com/2009/12/the-graveyard-of-anti-imperialists/ http://joshuamalbin.com/2009/12/the-graveyard-of-anti-imperialists/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:14:54 +0000 Josh K-sky http://joshuamalbin.com/?p=884

But we must also remember that the Afghans, menaced even though they are by the evil of the Afghans, are not blameless here. Have they sufficiently appreciated our efforts to kill them? No, they have not. Have they effectively and efficiently rebuilt their nation whenever we’ve had cause to blow it up? No, they have not. Have they become full and effective participants in the ongoing mission to kill them? No, they have not. It is long past time for the people of Afghanistan to step up their efforts to kill themselves, and not merely rely on American generosity to finish the job for them.

–Fafblog

I want to scream against this war, but I don’t want to deal with traffic out to Westwood at 5.

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Though not, alas, with the empire.

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