We need to think about less, not more

Rather than spending borrowed money to project military power in the Middle East, we could spend billions to mobilize domestic energy efficiency.  The money could be spent at home. Jobs would be created at home.

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September 16, 2021 - 10:07 AM

Afghanistan: Is there anything we can do beyond the Finger-Pointing Olympics we’ve been witnessing?

Can we learn something?

We know one thing for certain. The entire Middle East is a long tunnel with no cheese.

It was a long tunnel yesterday. It is a long tunnel today. It will be a long tunnel tomorrow.

It has been so for centuries, not decades. Name the period, and Western culture — not just us Americans — can be noted only for its delusional, self-righteous and destructive approach to different cultures.

Over the past 20 years, according to a study Brown University study, the combined cost of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq has been $6.4 trillion, a mind-boggling figure. Other figures differ, of course, but the cost has always been in the trillions.

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