Kipling Haunts Obama's Afghan War
The White Man's Burden, a phrase immortalized by English poet Rudyard Kipling as an excuse for European-American imperialism, was front and center Thursday morning (October 29) at a RAND-sponsored discussion of Afghanistan in the Russell Senate Office Building.???? The agenda was top-heavy with RAND speakers, and the thinking was decidedly "inside the box" - so much so, that I found myself repeating a verse from Kipling, who recognized the dangers of ... Full Story »
Posted by Cynthia Gilbert - via NewsRack (Energy), NewsRack (Afghanistan)
Am I surprised that the same person arguing for enlarging the US military footprint in Afghanistan, also claims the US was "defeating" the Viet Cong? There was no reason for the US to be involved in the insane slaughter and squandering of resources represented in History as the Vietnam War.