Afghanistan: counterinsurgency or colonialism?
In practice, I found, it looks and sounds a lot more like old-fashioned colonialism. In the tents of Naray, I had the distinct feeling that I had strolled into Uttar Pradesh at some point after 1858, in the early days of the British Raj.
http://tinyurl.com/6gpn2s
[ http://tinyurl.com/37479nn ]
From Information Clearing House
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Counterinsurgency Down for the Count in Afghanistan… But the War Machine Grinds On and On and On
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/07/01-2
McGovern, Obey Lead House Showdown on Afghanistan War
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/07/01-4
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=McCrystal
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Petraeus
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=colonialism
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=war+machine
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=counterinsurgency
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Naiman
http://tinyurl.com/6gpn2s
[ http://tinyurl.com/37479nn ]
From Information Clearing House
--------
Counterinsurgency Down for the Count in Afghanistan… But the War Machine Grinds On and On and On
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/07/01-2
McGovern, Obey Lead House Showdown on Afghanistan War
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/07/01-4
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=McCrystal
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Petraeus
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=colonialism
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=war+machine
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=counterinsurgency
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Naiman
rudkla - 1. Jun, 06:16