Operation Enduring Disaster: Breaking With Afghan Policy

TruthOut, Tomdispatch.com by Tariq Ali | Nov. 16, 2008 (News Report)

Afghanistan has been almost continuously at war for 30 years, longer than both World Wars and the American war in Vietnam combined. Each occupation of the country has mimicked its predecessor. A tiny interval between wars saw the imposition of a malignant social order, the Taliban, with the help of the Pakistani military and the late Benazir Bhutto, the prime minister who approved the Taliban takeover in Kabul. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Patricia Blochowiak - Nov 17, 2008 - 8:49 AM PST
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Patricia Blochowiak
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 by Patricia Blochowiak - Nov. 17, 2008

This perspective on Afghanistan and the region is often missing from stories that discuss the current quagmire.

Before the U.S. first bombed Afghanistan, I suggested that we skip the war and start with the Marshall Plan, similar to the plan that rebuilt Germany and Japan after WWII.

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James Canning
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 by James Canning - Nov. 18, 2008

Must reading for those following events in South Asia. Tariq Ali makes a strong case for radical change in US policy in Afghanistan.

I agree with Iran that there is no military solution to the growing insurgency in Afghanistan, and that US policy is causing more problems than it is solving.

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