Erratic Karzai: What to Do in Afghanistan
The specter of Vietnam hangs over our war in Afghanistan. First came the questions: Will we lose another war? Should we escalate this conflict, or get out? Will this war become a quagmire? Then came...
View ArticleWe’re Sorry
Imagine that a foreign army comes to occupy your country. Drones and jet aircraft launch missiles and drop bombs on your homes. Helicopters strafe your neighborhoods with machine guns. They kill people...
View ArticleGame Up in Afghanistan
Here’s another article that suggests we’re in trouble in Afghanistan due to cultural insensitivity: In Afghanistan, cultural cluelessness can be deadly The range of culturally insensitive actions seems...
View ArticleTorture in Afghanistan
The United Nations published a report about mistreatment of prisoners in Afghanistan in October 2011. Based on interviews with over three hundred individuals detained for questioning and coercion, the...
View Article“We create our own reality”
Do you remember about ten years ago when the so-called vulcans on Bush’s national security council rather contemptuously dismissed their opponents? The vulcans prided themselves on their hard-headed...
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