Sunday, March 01, 2009
The Imperial Catalyst
Two oxymorons key to understanding the impending chaos in the AfPak theatre of operations are 1. military intelligence, and 2. representative democracy. Applicable equally to the host countries as well as the invading forces, these oxymorons guarantee tragedies, atrocities and perpetual escalation of hostilities. Until, of course, the imperial catalyst exhausts itself and the overall situation is suitably criminalized.
