Comments on: What Now in Afghanistan? http://cominganarchy.com/2008/04/29/what-now-in-afghanistan/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:37:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Chirol http://cominganarchy.com/2008/04/29/what-now-in-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-383456 Chirol Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:56:38 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/04/29/what-now-in-afghanistan/#comment-383456 Curzon: True, I'm also not sure as to whether it will change anytime soon, however I was stressing more than allies like Germany, Italy and the UK do what they promised. If they did that alone, Afghanistan would be in better shape. Curzon: True, I’m also not sure as to whether it will change anytime soon, however I was stressing more than allies like Germany, Italy and the UK do what they promised. If they did that alone, Afghanistan would be in better shape.

]]> By: Curzon http://cominganarchy.com/2008/04/29/what-now-in-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-383453 Curzon Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:33:55 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/04/29/what-now-in-afghanistan/#comment-383453 "The US cannot be the fallback for every lazy partner." That's the Kissinger school when it comes to how we should look at Nato -- Kaplan has recently been arguing otherwise, that just because the US has stronger military might, other partners should be able to contribute in a non-military way. There is logic to this. The publics of most rich European nations simply will not permit their soldiers to die. That's what Kissinger criticized, but what Kaplan wants to proactively work with as the incumbent reality that isn't going to change anytime soon. “The US cannot be the fallback for every lazy partner.”

That’s the Kissinger school when it comes to how we should look at Nato—Kaplan has recently been arguing otherwise, that just because the US has stronger military might, other partners should be able to contribute in a non-military way. There is logic to this. The publics of most rich European nations simply will not permit their soldiers to die. That’s what Kissinger criticized, but what Kaplan wants to proactively work with as the incumbent reality that isn’t going to change anytime soon.

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