Never did anyone ever stay longer than ten years because the resistance grows fiercer as your presence grows longer [in Afghanistan]. I don't think we are going to be any exception. What made us exempt from history?
Fiat justitia, ruat coelum. (Do the right thing even if the heavens fall.) It's not nearly as naïve a maxim as it seems, because in the real world it… - Gwynne Dyer
Fiat justitia, ruat coelum. (Do the right thing even if the heavens fall.) It's not nearly as naïve a maxim as it seems, because in the real world it…
- Gwynne Dyer
Take the year a country first reaches 50% literacy and add one or two generations to allow the idea to sink in and, democracy, more or less automatic… - Gwynne Dyer
Take the year a country first reaches 50% literacy and add one or two generations to allow the idea to sink in and, democracy, more or less automatic…
The military profession, especially in the long-established great powers, is deeply pessimistic about the likelihood that people and countries will b… - Gwynne Dyer
The military profession, especially in the long-established great powers, is deeply pessimistic about the likelihood that people and countries will b…
The scientists are really scared. Their [global warming] observations over the past two or three years suggest that everything is happening a lot fas… - Gwynne Dyer
The scientists are really scared. Their [global warming] observations over the past two or three years suggest that everything is happening a lot fas…
It doesn't matter what we think we are there [in Afghanistan] for; it matters what they think. They think we are invaders. - Gwynne Dyer
It doesn't matter what we think we are there [in Afghanistan] for; it matters what they think. They think we are invaders.
While the high-level climate talks pursue their stately progress towards some ill-defined destination, down in the trenches there is an undercurrent … - Gwynne Dyer
While the high-level climate talks pursue their stately progress towards some ill-defined destination, down in the trenches there is an undercurrent …
Now, for the moment, we are safe. The only kind of international violence that worries most people in the developed countries is terrorism: from immi… - Gwynne Dyer
Now, for the moment, we are safe. The only kind of international violence that worries most people in the developed countries is terrorism: from immi…
As the most religious country of the 18 surveyed, the U.S. also comes in with the highest rates for teen pregnancy and for gonorrhea and syphilis. - Gwynne Dyer
As the most religious country of the 18 surveyed, the U.S. also comes in with the highest rates for teen pregnancy and for gonorrhea and syphilis.
But we are almost certainly going to miss our [global warming] deadline. We cannot get the 10 lost years back, and by the time a new global agreement… - Gwynne Dyer
But we are almost certainly going to miss our [global warming] deadline. We cannot get the 10 lost years back, and by the time a new global agreement…
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