What do we want? How do we get it?
The issue of Afghanistan references my comments on the world relying on the Zero Sum Game approach to future planning.
It is easy to ask, "What do the Afghan people want?" However, different people in Afghanistan may have different agendas and goals. It is not sufficient to say, "What do we want, when do we want it?" The real issue is "What do we want, how are we going to get it?" Then you must add, "What do we have to give to get it?" Other Afghans have goals. Some are mutually exclusive. The Win-Win platitude is great. However, for both sides to get something, each side must give up something.
The question also relies on issues I’ve raised in my monograph, “The Impending Failure of Western Diplomacy in the Middle East.
Essential reading:
http://www.slideshare.net/slimfairview/the-impending-failure-of-western-diplomacy-in-the-middle-east
And a viewing of my SlideShare ppt. presentation
The Future of the G 20 in Good Times and Bad
http://www.slideshare.net/slimfairview/the-g-20-in-good-times-and-bad-5802178
Old Chinese Saying--A white horse is not a horse.
Chinese Wisdom: In the West, when you want privacy, you go into a lock room. In the East, when we want privacy, we go into an open field.
Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. Santayana
Those who never learned history are doomed—period. Slim Fairview
From: The Quotations of Slim Fairview © 2011 Slim Fairview
Warmest regards,
Slim
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