What is "afghanistanism"

n. 1 The practice of concentrating on problems in distant parts of the world while ignoring controversial local issues. 2 Hopelessly arcane and irrelevant scholarship. 3 Fascination with exotic, faraway lands.

Afghanistanism is a term, first recorded in the United States, for the practice of concentrating on problems in distant parts of the world while ignoring controversial local issues. In other contexts, the term has referred to "hopelessly arcane and irrelevant scholarship," "fascination with exotic, faraway lands," or "Railing and shaking your fist at an unseen foe who is quite unaware of your existence, much less your fury."