AFGHANISTAN… Does Islamic State truly have a political agenda and aspirations or are they really beyond that and just seeking power through terror? 19 Sep 2018 https://www.quora.com/profile/Desmond-Last Nothing is constant and never is that more true than when discussing a force in a reaction. ISIS were always going to be and the West ensured that ISIS…
AFGHANISTAN… Songs for Change Desmond Last 14 Jul 201822 Oct 2019 These are the lyrics to the songs I have written that one day the United Nations General Assembly, the Security Council and the Torture Committee will hear as part of a…
AFGHANISTAN… After almost two decades of war, is Afghanistan better or worse? 14 Feb 201814 Feb 2018 This is my answer to the Q on Quora. With over one million Afghanistan men women and children killed by the conflict which began in 1979 and has never ended…
AFGHANISTAN… As of today, has ISIS been defeated? 12 Dec 2017 This is my answer to this Question on Quora. Unfortunately not. Nobody from ISIS signed a surrender document. ISIS’s military capability as an invading force may have been reduced but…
AFGHANISTAN… Why does everyone underestimate the Taliban? 16 Nov 2017 My answer to this Question on Quora I do not underestimate the Taliban. A 16 year old boy who watched as the Russians invaded his homeland of Afghanistan in 1979…
AFGHANISTAN… Why do Afghan Taliban and ISIS fight while they have same ideology? 25 Oct 201725 Oct 2017 This is my answer to this Question from Quora. The Taliban have a relationship with the history of Afghanistan and a vision for its people. ISIS is made-up of a…
AFGHANISTAN… Are you a bad person? Why aren’t you bad exactly now? 16 Oct 201716 Oct 2017 This is my answer to this Quora Question. I ask myself what does it take to be a bad person? Greed, selfishness, apathy? because it would appear many Government Leaders…
AFGHANISTAN… What could be done to end the War in Afghanistan? 8 Sep 201725 Jul 2018 This is my answer to this Question on https://www.quora.com/profile/Desmond-Last A recognition that the Taliban will never be defeated is an absolute prerequisite for an end to the Conflict in Afghanistan.…
Governments… President Trump is wrong to send more Troops to Afghanistan. 22 Aug 201728 Dec 2020 President Trump does not know enough about what is going on in Afghanistan to make a decision which will result in the deaths of more American Soldiers and Afghan Civilians.…