I don’t think Afghans need more incentive to fight and kill invading armies<\/p>\n\n\n\n
than invading armies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’m no historian but I think Alexander found that out, the British found <\/p>\n\n\n\n
that out, the Russians found that out and the Americans found that out <\/p>\n\n\n\n
a long time ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ruling class figured, OK, so we don’t win, so what?, we prosper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Hoi Poloi don’t give a shit, so here we are, all else is bullshit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Islander.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I don’t think Afghans need more incentive to fight and kill invading armies than invading armies. I’m no historian but I think Alexander found that out, the British found that out, the Russians found that out and the Americans found that out a long time ago. The ruling class figured, OK, so we don’t win, … Continue reading “Quid pro Quo”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1935","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1935"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1936,"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1935\/revisions\/1936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}