A Somber Warning on Afghanistan
Western powers now in Afghanistan run the risk of suffering the fate of the Soviet Union there if they cannot halt the growing insurgency and an Afghan perception that they are foreign invaders, according to Zbigniew Brzezinski, the former U.S. national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
I agree with Sir Sherardd Cowper-Coles that development aid should be distributed through tribal leaders. Stability in Afghanistan needs the help of Iran, but this obvious course of action gets little or no consideration.