tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post114843394344364739..comments2023-10-27T08:09:37.525-04:00Comments on Bhikkhu's Blog: What are we doing over there?Ajahn Punnadhammohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660291919550183357noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-1149914198115025692006-06-10T00:36:00.000-04:002006-06-10T00:36:00.000-04:00"One must conclude that the answer to "What are we..."One must conclude that the answer to "What are we doing over there?" really does entail the forced liquidation of the same Taliban that western powers funded (to the tune of many millions per annum) in the name of objectives more abstract than mere oil wells or opium fields."<BR/>I am sorry, this is really too much. When the US was funding the Afghan resistance to the Russian invasion, there Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-1148504118576977152006-05-24T16:55:00.000-04:002006-05-24T16:55:00.000-04:00It is very current and fashionable to blast Americ...It is very current and fashionable to blast American foreign policy in the West (however, you might want to thank America for that freedom). But while the most foreign aid to Afghanistan was flowing from the most hated nation, what were Buddhist Asian countries doing? Certainly, the millions of moolah towards lifeless artifacts couldn't be more counter-productive in the Islamic Republic of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-1148449579090224212006-05-24T01:46:00.000-04:002006-05-24T01:46:00.000-04:00To directly address the heading for the blog (viz....To directly address the heading for the blog (viz. "What are we doing over there?") I would point out that in the early protests against invading Iraq, it was broadly assumed (and vocally asserted) that this was "a war for oil". What the stated question must direct our attention to is this: the stated policy objectives of regime change are, in fact, much more demanding than merely securing U.S. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com