Comments on: Talking In the Graveyard of Empires with Seth Jones. http://registan.net/index.php/2009/08/02/talking-in-the-graveyard-of-empires-with-seth-jones/ Central Asia News -- All Central Asia, All The Time Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:41:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eunice http://registan.net/index.php/2009/08/02/talking-in-the-graveyard-of-empires-with-seth-jones/comment-page-1/#comment-381111 Eunice Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:48:33 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2009/08/02/talking-in-the-graveyard-of-empires-with-seth-jones/#comment-381111 Mr. Seth Jones, Would you like to write a book about Honduras my country, isolated for the international community? In a chaotic political crisis because the former president Mr. Zelaya wanted to rule this country "above the law" and also desired to sell our nation to Mr Hugo Chàvez. Will you be interested? If so I will always be grateful to you. We live in a third world country, corruption is everywhere. Ousten Honduran President was forced to leave this country on june 28 2009, maybe it was not the best but certainly safe at that moment. Please! Try to help us with your talent. I am writing you on behalf my father President Of The Supreme Court Of Justice (1992-1994) Mr. Rosendo Orlando Lozano Martinez who passed away on september 3 2007, a remarkable, well known , humble and respected attorney at law, who fought for transparency in our weak system of justice, until he died. Very truly yours, Eunice Lozano Mr. Seth Jones,
Would you like to write a book about Honduras my country, isolated for the international community? In a chaotic political crisis because the former president Mr. Zelaya wanted to rule this country “above the law” and also desired to sell our nation to Mr Hugo Chàvez. Will you be interested? If so I will always be grateful to you. We live in a third world country, corruption is everywhere. Ousten Honduran President was forced to leave this country on june 28 2009, maybe it was not the best but certainly safe at that moment.

Please! Try to help us with your talent.

I am writing you on behalf my father President Of The Supreme Court Of Justice (1992-1994) Mr. Rosendo Orlando Lozano Martinez who passed away on september 3 2007, a remarkable, well known , humble and respected attorney at law, who fought for transparency in our weak system of justice, until he died.

Very truly yours,
Eunice Lozano

]]> By: el-belle http://registan.net/index.php/2009/08/02/talking-in-the-graveyard-of-empires-with-seth-jones/comment-page-1/#comment-381103 el-belle Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:18:45 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2009/08/02/talking-in-the-graveyard-of-empires-with-seth-jones/#comment-381103 Thanks for an interesting conversation. While I havent finished Graveyards yet, I agree with many of your points about the content and level of the book, which got me to thinking- do you have a preferred reading list on the history of Afghanistan? Christian has his massive list here: http://afghanistan-analyst.org/bibliography.aspx, but he never really talks about which he thinks are most useful for the educated but not expert reader, and at 148 pgs, finding ones way through it it unguided daunting. Given that you two come at the region with different experience I think that a top 20 list from you, somewhat in line with the one Ex put together for COIN would be incredibly valuable to us readers... in all your infinite free time of course! Thanks for an interesting conversation. While I havent finished Graveyards yet, I agree with many of your points about the content and level of the book, which got me to thinking- do you have a preferred reading list on the history of Afghanistan?

Christian has his massive list here: http://afghanistan-analyst.org/bibliography.aspx, but he never really talks about which he thinks are most useful for the educated but not expert reader, and at 148 pgs, finding ones way through it it unguided daunting. Given that you two come at the region with different experience I think that a top 20 list from you, somewhat in line with the one Ex put together for COIN would be incredibly valuable to us readers… in all your infinite free time of course!

]]> By: David Grayson http://registan.net/index.php/2009/08/02/talking-in-the-graveyard-of-empires-with-seth-jones/comment-page-1/#comment-381100 David Grayson Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:01:39 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2009/08/02/talking-in-the-graveyard-of-empires-with-seth-jones/#comment-381100 First, I wish I could have joined you for the chat with Seth Jones. The American Empire like all other empires will collapse due to overspending and remote wars. Having said that we need guys like Seth Jones to give us the official history so that we can better understand the views of the powers that be. First, I wish I could have joined you for the chat with Seth Jones. The American Empire like all other empires will collapse due to overspending and remote wars.

Having said that we need guys like Seth Jones to give us the official history so that we can better understand the views of the powers that be.

]]> By: Toryalay Shirzay http://registan.net/index.php/2009/08/02/talking-in-the-graveyard-of-empires-with-seth-jones/comment-page-1/#comment-381099 Toryalay Shirzay Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:44:12 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2009/08/02/talking-in-the-graveyard-of-empires-with-seth-jones/#comment-381099 Going over all the written stuff in this blog,I can see the US/NATO are going to be busy there for a long time to come.There are 2 reasons for this: one is the many,many layers of social,political,religious,and etc. filth that have solidified like stone over the course of 1400 years in this Af-pak area of the world.The other is the way US/NATO is trying to clean up this filth by acting mr.nice guy.Where does that get you?Can you the difference between what this job requires and what is attempted so far?? Going over all the written stuff in this blog,I can see the US/NATO are going to be busy there for a long time to come.There are 2 reasons for this: one is the many,many layers of social,political,religious,and etc. filth that have solidified like stone over the course of 1400 years in this Af-pak area of the world.The other is the way US/NATO is trying to clean up this filth by acting mr.nice guy.Where does that get you?Can you the difference between what this job requires and what is attempted so far??

]]> By: BAHLOL LOHDI http://registan.net/index.php/2009/08/02/talking-in-the-graveyard-of-empires-with-seth-jones/comment-page-1/#comment-381096 BAHLOL LOHDI Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:27:49 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2009/08/02/talking-in-the-graveyard-of-empires-with-seth-jones/#comment-381096 Actually, the 'Shaytan' qoute should be "Laghmani shaytan ra bazi dad" or "Laghmani utta Shaytan ra bazi medehad", meaning "The Laghmani fooled the Devil", or "A Laghmani will fool even the Devil" ! This Dari aphorism, and not Pashto, is based on a Laghmani and the Devil meeting on the road, where the Laghmani tricks the Devil into giving him a lift to his destination on his shoulders. By the way, I'm tired of people referring to Abdullah 'squared' as being “half Pushtune”. This is utter nonesense : Abdullah’s claim is based on the fact that some of his paternal Tajik ancestors lived in Kandahar in the area reserved for grave-diggers, the Kandaharis deeming grave digging to be beneath them. Actually, the ‘Shaytan’ qoute should be “Laghmani shaytan ra bazi dad” or “Laghmani utta Shaytan ra bazi medehad”, meaning “The Laghmani fooled the Devil”, or “A Laghmani will fool even the Devil” !

This Dari aphorism, and not Pashto, is based on a Laghmani and the Devil meeting on the road, where the Laghmani tricks the Devil into giving him a lift to his destination on his shoulders.

By the way, I’m tired of people referring to Abdullah ‘squared’ as being “half Pushtune”. This is utter nonesense : Abdullah’s claim is based on the fact that some of his paternal Tajik ancestors lived in Kandahar in the area reserved for grave-diggers, the Kandaharis deeming grave digging to be beneath them.

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