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To Say Never Contradicts the Reality - If It Could Happen, It Likely WillReader comment on item: Nation-building in Afghanistan, Iraq Was Never Going to Work Submitted by M Tovey (United States), Sep 20, 2021 at 17:29 Reader Ryan's observations have a resonating tone to them; history has demonstrated Murphy's law in world governmental extravagance of shifting power; and the paradigm that permitted America to be the pivotal force to straighten things out from 1898 until 1945 shifter again, for the lack of the resolve necessary to ensure that the alliances that started out with the German/Russian agreement before Stalingrad did not transmit its evil energy beyond VE day; Patton was not wrong; oh well. Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments". Reader comments (27) on this item
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