The Ivory Madonna thinks this is a great idea that could very well lead to a solution to multiple problems.
The United States should go to Russia, hat in hand, and say, "Gee, Vladimir, could you help us out of this mess we've gotten ourselves into, and take over for us in Afghanistan?"
It's a win-win-win solution. Let us count the ways that the everyone wins:
1. The U.S. gets to pull most troops out of Afghanistan.
2. The Russians get to score major status points from the fact that the U.S. was forced to come asking for their help. Russia has a terrible inferiority complex; they're desperate for Older Brother America to recognize them. Hell, we could use the opportunity to make Russia a partner in NATO, which is what they've wanted since the Cold War ended.
3. Russia will be able to get away with occupying Afghanistan with an iron fist, which the U.S. could not. The U.S. and Russia could play "Good Cop, Bad Cop" on Afghanistan...and you bet there would be no quibbles about crossing the Pakistan border to take out Bin Laden.
4. Afghanistan gets a new occupier to hate. All the squabbling Afghan partisans will come together in glorious national unity to oppose the hated Russians.
All of this hinges on one condition: that the U.S. swallow its silly national pride and approach Russia with the deal.
Yeah, the Ivory Madonna doesn't see it happening, either.
M.
The Ivory Madonna's story is told in Dance for the Ivory Madonna by Don Sakers.
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