http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/2009/10/asculumistan/ Rethinking our policy toward Afghanistan requires vigorous public debate and Congressional oversight. Every major war or military action since World War II has come under the microscope of Congressional oversight hearings Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:15:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/2009/10/asculumistan/comment-page-1/#comment-1325 David Small Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:32:55 +0000 http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/?p=877#comment-1325 Why can't we learn from history? Afghanistan is not a place that can be reformed into something that resembles our Western type of organized governments. It has been a failed objective so many times even within our own recent years that by now we should have learned that we cannot change it--nor should we. Any effort we want to extend there should be directed toward helping the Afghan people rise up from their impoverished status. Continuing a military approach will only end where all previous such attempts have ended--in disaster!! Why can't we learn from history? Afghanistan is not a place that can be reformed into something that resembles our Western type of organized governments. It has been a failed objective so many times even within our own recent years that by now we should have learned that we cannot change it–nor should we. Any effort we want to extend there should be directed toward helping the Afghan people rise up from their impoverished status. Continuing a military approach will only end where all previous such attempts have ended–in disaster!!

]]> http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/2009/10/asculumistan/comment-page-1/#comment-912 David Small Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:32:55 +0000 http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/?p=877#comment-912 Why can't we learn from history? Afghanistan is not a place that can be reformed into something that resembles our Western type of organized governments. It has been a failed objective so many times even within our own recent years that by now we should have learned that we cannot change it--nor should we. Any effort we want to extend there should be directed toward helping the Afghan people rise up from their impoverished status. Continuing a military approach will only end where all previous such attempts have ended--in disaster!! Why can't we learn from history? Afghanistan is not a place that can be reformed into something that resembles our Western type of organized governments. It has been a failed objective so many times even within our own recent years that by now we should have learned that we cannot change it–nor should we. Any effort we want to extend there should be directed toward helping the Afghan people rise up from their impoverished status. Continuing a military approach will only end where all previous such attempts have ended–in disaster!!

]]> http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/2009/10/asculumistan/comment-page-1/#comment-821 derwin Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:47:37 +0000 http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/?p=877#comment-821 FYI a google map showing where international troiops are stationed and details of their mission. <br> <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=h&msa=0&msid=106927227736098152803.000474e585f470659fa7b&source=embed&ll=34.379713%2C66.555176&spn=11.16131%2C23.225098&z=6" rel="nofollow">http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=...</a> FYI a google map showing where international troiops are stationed and details of their mission.
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]]> http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/2009/10/asculumistan/comment-page-1/#comment-820 hotaruSTAR16 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:19:12 +0000 http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/?p=877#comment-820 Thank you for the statistics. Have you thought about writing for Asia Chronicle? The site provides in-depth news analyses and commentaries on political issues facing Asia. The war in Afghanistan is widely covered topic. Worth a read I think. <a href="http://www.asiachroniclenews.com" rel="nofollow">www.asiachroniclenews.com</a> Thank you for the statistics. Have you thought about writing for Asia Chronicle? The site provides in-depth news analyses and commentaries on political issues facing Asia. The war in Afghanistan is widely covered topic. Worth a read I think. http://www.asiachroniclenews.com

]]> http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/2009/10/asculumistan/comment-page-1/#comment-818 Asculumistan. By Derrick Crowe « Kanan48 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:06:03 +0000 http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/?p=877#comment-818 [...] Asculumistan. By Derrick Crowe 2009 October 8 by kanan48 Via: Rethink Afghanistan. [...] [...] Asculumistan. By Derrick Crowe 2009 October 8 by kanan48 Via: Rethink Afghanistan. [...]

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