1 Nov
2004
1 Nov
'04
2:32 p.m.
Bill Stewart wrote:
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004, James A. Donald wrote:
This presupposes the US intends to rule Afghanistan and Iraq, which is manifestly false.
Since this chain started by ragging on RAH about it being a _geodesic_ neo-{Khan, con-men} empire, you're both correct - there isn't a conflict between ruling them by proxy and not ruling them directly
Most all empires that lasted more than a few decades used indirect rule (famous big exception China - though not always and they had to endure generations of collapse between each advance) Rome & Britain just best known. Read up on Lord Lugard.