This is interesting. Erik Prince, former Blackwater man – God bless ‘im – suggests a literal military viceroy for Afghanistan.
So much for the end of history, eh? China, Russia, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Iran and the EU might be forced to keep up with the Joneses. Then again it might end up as the end of history for real.
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