Warlordism

The answer to the warlords -- and more importantly to what Afghans, especially the young, call "warlordism" -- is the economic strengthening of the popular base. ❋ Unknown (2010)

QUESTION: And in the meantime, U.S. troops can be used to police what you just called warlordism? ❋ Unknown (2002)

The head of Jobs for Afghans proposes an answer to 'warlordism' and its medieval attitude toward women. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When Khalilzad talked of the problems of "warlordism," critics countered that Iraq doesn't have Afghan-style warlords. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Some feared a return to the "warlordism" that afflicted Afghanistan in the recent past. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In fact, Baryalai stands at the same crossroads as the country -- between a vision of a certain kind of order and a return to what is known in Dari as qommandonsolari ( "warlordism"). ❋ Unknown (2007)

He spoke of "warlordism" and the existence of a de-facto committee in all the ranks, and which was not provided for by any taxi association constitution, but which was responsible for the collection of as yet unaccounted for money. ❋ Unknown (2005)

It is likely to be some kind of warlordism, if you will. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Francesc Vendrell, the former European Union envoy to Afghanistan, holds that "warlordism," as he calls it, is just as much at the root of the insurgency as religious ideology. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Obama in his entire speech never once decried "warlordism". ❋ Unknown (2009)

No country in history had been subjected to a communist occupation, followed by warlordism, followed by rigid Islamist fundamentalist rule—approaches to politics and economics that individually could have crippled any country, but in combination were devastating to ordinary Afghans. ❋ Peter L. Bergen (2011)

Mujahideen warlordism, Deobandi Wahhabism and Western-style centralized democracy are not concepts indigenous to Afghanistan but have been imported from the aforementioned "dealmakers". ❋ Michael Hughes (2010)

One scenario, as Kamran Bokhari puts it, is that Libya simply disintegrates into a state of warlordism, where different strongmen fight for control along the Mediterranean coast, which is where the bulk of the population is. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The Soviet invasion touched off three decades of violent swings in Afghanistan, from socialism to warlordism to Islamic fundamentalism to today's flawed democracy. ❋ Michael M. Phillips (2011)

In some parts of the Philippines there is effectively a form of warlordism. ❋ Unknown (2011)

[Bosnia], Serbia, and several similar countries used to be ruled by warlord [factions] in the 1990s until NATO and expeditionary forces brought about [factional] demise. ❋ Nicolai (2004)

Person 1: "Hey, give me back that [french fry]!" Person 2: "[Warlords]!" Person 1: "[Damnit]..." ❋ Emennius (2004)

Sarah came over to [my house] today to give me [my birthday] present. It was a warlord, it [blew my mind]. ❋ Rigid1x1 (2010)

[I ran] through the whole [team] [to fuck] the warlord. ❋ Arch Killer (2010)

[WarLord] is [a loser] ❋ 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️ (2018)

"Egorgian Warlord makes [yet] another [puppet] [dance]." ❋ Johnny Is A Stupid Af Name (2021)

Dark Warlord: but not [linking] me was [just] [-_-] ❋ BOS (2003)

Oh, I'm [brewing], [Lads]! 'PWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRP' [Woah], that was a Raging Warlord! ❋ To6y (2009)

[No one] defeats [the gaming warlord] [xQc] ❋ Xqcfan (2020)

[Man], [that guy] is a [real] Online Warlord. ❋ Geek Killer (2019)