There has always been a strange reluctance to spend money post the military engagement. The U.S intervention in the late 80s was primarily wielding the $ and weapon-skils, subsequent power-grabs by the Taliban were born out of the closing of the US pocketbook when the late-intervention had "succeeded".
Iraq and Afghanistan still require succour but without khaki and fatigues; these must be swapped for lab-coats and hard-hats. It shall not require Trillions but a fair few Billions wisely deployed can bring the fruits of peace to these countries to a level where our carbon -stuffed West may benefit back from the carbon credits that will sit in the silos of Afghanistan and Iraq. Indeed, the buzz acronym,ESG, could have been penned for these regions where engineers, deployed in the new raiments of peace, can create a Net Zero world far in advance of 2050 with far greater efficacy than in the sclerotic skeletons of Western regions. Marshall plan initiatives still discreetly create wealth and peace when properly directed and when "bruised arms" are "hung up for monuments". The reward for the initiative of the new 2050 militia will be carbon offset not control but we must recognise that these actions are ones born out of amity and respect not the drive to act as the town marshall.
Embrace the opportunity; the capital exists in the Trillions and see what peace-spend does better than the dollars of war...........
There has always been a strange reluctance to spend money post the military engagement. The U.S intervention in the late 80s was primarily wielding the $ and weapon-skils, subsequent power-grabs by the Taliban were born out of the closing of the US pocketbook when the late-intervention had "succeeded".
Iraq and Afghanistan still require succour but without khaki and fatigues; these must be swapped for lab-coats and hard-hats. It shall not require Trillions but a fair few Billions wisely deployed can bring the fruits of peace to these countries to a level where our carbon -stuffed West may benefit back from the carbon credits that will sit in the silos of Afghanistan and Iraq. Indeed, the buzz acronym,ESG, could have been penned for these regions where engineers, deployed in the new raiments of peace, can create a Net Zero world far in advance of 2050 with far greater efficacy than in the sclerotic skeletons of Western regions. Marshall plan initiatives still discreetly create wealth and peace when properly directed and when "bruised arms" are "hung up for monuments". The reward for the initiative of the new 2050 militia will be carbon offset not control but we must recognise that these actions are ones born out of amity and respect not the drive to act as the town marshall.
Embrace the opportunity; the capital exists in the Trillions and see what peace-spend does better than the dollars of war...........