Ataraxia

66% trust generals...

2009-11-22T15:38:15Z

A poll of independent voters found that 66% responded that they trust the generals over obama. Independent voters opinion is perhaps growingly important as the two camps red and blue are becoming more entrenched while the margin in the middle o...

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Specifically

2009-11-21T14:08:46Z

Long term strategy and end game Recognize that you must send signal that you are committed for the long term to all parties - afghani, pakistani, all the other countries. More presence by NATO and other international partners is always welcome a...

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A post about China

2009-11-20T15:48:55Z

Mercantilism of China China doesn't care about anything in the world right now but it's own economic growth. They disregard most other concerns and seek to acquire access to resources and secure it as best they could. They do not wish to invol...

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An impediment to the resolution of the political conflict in Afghanistan

2009-11-20T14:01:45Z

The central Afghani government does not want anything to do with the Taliban. They do not want to talk to them, deal with them or make any kind of concessions to them. Why? Because they are protected and don't have to deal with them if they don't ...

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How important is reducing corruption levels in Afghanistan?

2009-11-19T21:15:37Z

First, how important is it to whom? Let's consider the US since that's the one I'm most familiar with. In the streets, the elimination of corruption is not as important. The administration of public services at the local level as well as part o...

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Let Pakistan play a bigger role in the security of his neighbour

2009-11-19T08:15:11Z

The Pakistani must continue to defeat their fundamentalist elements. They will have to endure more violence. Once they have finished claiming from the taliban the lands of waziristan and other similar places, they must move forward with a border s...

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Descartes, modern platonism, aristotle's 5th cause

2009-11-15T16:30:24Z

I sustain that Descartes big idea of systematic doubt was something that we have been thinking about privately at some point in our life (sometimes at a surprisingly young age*) for a long time before Descartes put it into words in his famous wri...

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Questions

2009-11-11T03:58:37Z

Political opinion is sometimes rendered by the public. And, namesakeingly almost (ie it can almost pass as "analytical" in the modernist way), the public often have a dumb view, a shallow train of thought. But it has other good sides. One thing i...

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Philosophical aspects of contemporary world politics

2009-11-11T03:49:45Z

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Definitions

2009-11-04T15:36:58Z

Valleyism People in the valleys want: justice security freedom from foreigners freedom from central government no taxation They do not like neither the Taliban nor the secular pashtuns to invade and intrude upon their territory. Either group...

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