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>That's why the Taliban fought to the very end.
But nobody else is following the Taliban as a model of development except for bush Africans in Burkina Faso. The center of the world economy does not revolve around Afghanistan.
The big mistake the Russians are making is thinking America is just going to collapse. That's not going to happen anymore than it was going to happen during the Cold War, but it's a narrative they want to believe in for their own internal political reasons, it's not a reflection of reality. It's just a story they ~tell themselves~ to make them feel good. The size and power of the U.S. is now a relatively permanent state of affairs in the world, and it can decrease in relative terms (like vis-a-vis China) but in absolute terms it's going to be remain very powerful. The rise of China is a return to its historic role as a major power and center of world trade. And the 21st century is mainly going to be defined by the contest between the U.S. and China.
>That's why the Taliban fought to the very end.
But nobody else is following the Taliban as a model of development except for bush Africans in Burkina Faso. The center of the world economy does not revolve around Afghanistan.
The big mistake the Russians are making is thinking America is just going to collapse. That's not going to happen anymore than it was going to happen during the Cold War, but it's a narrative they want to believe in for their own internal political reasons, it's not a reflection of reality. It's just a story they ~tell themselves~ to make them feel good. The size and power of the U.S. is now a relatively permanent state of affairs in the world, and it can decrease in relative terms (like vis-a-vis China) but in absolute terms it's going to be remain very powerful. The rise of China is a return to its historic role as a major power and center of world trade. And the 21st century is mainly going to be defined by the contest between the U.S. and China.
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