War Handwavium

Representative Grayson is on a roll. Apparently, he’s been to Afghanistan and all the nations that surround Afghanistan and had some interesting things to say about America’s intention to “win” Afghanistan by sending more troops.

Best bit:

Afghanistan is simply the part of Asia that was never occupied by the Russians or the English in the Great Game. It’s not a country; it’s not even a place. It’s just an empty place on the map. It’s terra incognita. People who live there are a welter of different tribes, different language groups, different religious beliefs.

“Afghanistan” is an artificial creation, lines on a map. The people within those lines don’t speak the same language, don’t share the same culture, and don’t have anything in common other than being humans inside this artificial line on a map.

Good stuff. Watch the whole thing. A transcript (and more) is available here:

http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2009/10/alan-grayson-explains-best-policy-for.html