Peter Zeihan on Afghanistan

 Geopolitical analyst Peter Zeihan has an excellent piece today entitled The Return of American Narcissism.  The media is focused on the near-term day-to-day disaster in Afghanistan. Peter gives a much broader view of the whole affair.  I really like Peter's writing and analysis. He is non-partisan (as he says, no party represents him at the moment), he basis his analysis on facts and data, not ideology or wishful thinking (he admits he is not particularly happy with the future he predicts), and he is pretty blunt, which is refreshing in a world of focus-group tested talking points and political doublespeak.