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How Could the Most Successful Ruling Class Fumble Disastrously in Afghanistan?

Posted By: adminon: August 17, 2021In: World From AfricaTags: 'New World', 9/11, Black Lives Matter, CIA, Declinism, Pakistan, Prof Paul Kennedy, Prof Robert Keohane, USSR, ‘City on the Hill’No CommentsViews:
How Could the Most Successful Ruling Class Fumble Disastrously in Afghanistan?

The American ruling class is, by considerable consensus, one if not the most successful ruling class in human history. This assertion rests on two counts. First is constructing and successfu... Read more

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