AFGHANISTAN In my opinion, things were relatively stable in Afghanistan. U.S.A. troops presence there was minimal, only about 3500 soldiers. For more than a year, there were no US casualties. There was no emergency to trouble the untroubled waters. Even if we wanted to get out of Afghanistan altogether, it could have been done in an orderly manner, and with a better negotiated deal. The execution of US withdrawal was too swift and without proper planning for evacuation of all Americans as well as the Afghanis who had aided us. Now there are gloomy forebodings of ...
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OMINOUS SIGNALS FROM CHINESE REGIME As the CCP has turned 100 in July, thoughts are now turning to the party's vision for the next hundred years: which, under Xi is "a Han male, Beijing-centric definition of what it means to be Chinese". Across China, minority languages are being purged from schools, workplaces and media, while Mandarin education is universalized. Mandatory birth control and incentivized interethnic marriage dilute the size and concentration of minorities. The persecution of other minority groups in China is just like the early stage of what Uighurs went thru. China's strongest leader since Mao Zedong is convinced that only aggressive subjugation could prevent China from following the USSR into balkanization a...
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INFRASTRUCTURE After a long time, some bipartisanship has emerged in U.S. Legislature. An infrastructure bill worth about one trillion dollars is under process and shows a promise of approval thru the legislature and white house. If and when it is approved it will fulfill an important need of the country. More than 40% of bridges and roads in the country are in poor condition. They are badly in need of repair. This project will provide employment to a large number of ordinary people, even those without higher education. It will also provide a boost to the recovering economy. By the way, infrastructure developme...