Afghanistan After West's shameful treatment of this war torn country, it must not abandon its duty to refugees fleeing the Taliban – Kenny MacAskill MP
almost 4 years in TheScotsman
As the Afghan horror unfolds before our eyes, I’m minded of Spinoza’s comment that “if you want the present to be different from the past, study the past”. From Alexander the Great, through the British Empire to the Soviet Union, history’s littered with failed military interventions in that forsaken land.