Into this land came the United States, with high hopes of improving the lot of the Afghans. The U.S. government wanted to build a new and democratic Afghanistan. The logic was simple. To keep out al Qaeda we needed to keep out the Taliban.
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“Foreign sovereigns usually regard any agent or flag bearer,36 whether an industry or a news organization, as representing the interests of the nation in which it is incorporated or where it has its headquarters, regardless of whether a formal or financial relationship exists.”
― Spin Wars and Spy Games: Global Media and Intelligence Gathering
― Spin Wars and Spy Games: Global Media and Intelligence Gathering
“A wide variety of defense and intelligence organizations continue to engage directly with scholars,37 including the US Department of Defense’s Minerva Initiative.”
― Spin Wars and Spy Games: Global Media and Intelligence Gathering
― Spin Wars and Spy Games: Global Media and Intelligence Gathering
“Contrary to popular belief at the time, German armies were far from total mechanization. In Sixth Army alone, more than twenty-five thousand horses moved guns and supplies.”
― Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad
― Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad
“Humility is the foundation of all Christian virtue, because it is the opposite of pride, and pride”
― The Law of God: For Study at Home and School
― The Law of God: For Study at Home and School
“Man aspires to greatness, but all too often his hopes are submerged by the primitive instinct to survive at any cost.”
― Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad
― Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad
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