Re: Afghanistan - May 2010 - Pictures
Ah, but Japan was a feudal state that worked ahrd to move forward into a 20th century position, as well as being a homogonous society.
Afghanistan on the otherhand is still a society of Warlord's, and made up of several tribal feifdom's. Dari's hate the Pashtoon, Tajik's are looked at lowly but can't stand the Pashtoon. I could list a few more, each and everyone not getting along with the other and ALL working toward a goal of tribal domination within the Islamic Sharia Law. That is the reason Britian gave it up in the latter 19th century and why the Soviet's got their asses handed to them. The place will only stay civilized as long as their is a coalition dedicated to supressing the tribal influences, and systematically removing the Warlord's and their tribal influences.
The best anyone can hope for is to sit at a small table with a few folks from the local area, sip chai, and work a local plan. That is great until the next guy comes along and decides he needs to tax everyone so it all begins again.