Gautam Mukunda wrote: > --- Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If you want to read the last 3/4 of the article > > that > > > discusses the room for > > > improvement in Afghanistan, you'll have to buy the > > > article from The Economsit. :) > > > > I added a few links on that.
> Afghanistan, right > now, is probably in better shape than it has been at > any time in recorded history. Eh... that is not true. Afghanistan was a very nice country before all sort of occupation powers started to fight over it. It was called the nirvana of the middle east. It was wealthy and very peacefull. > ....The fact that people usually make it > through the gauntlet, the fact that things are more > stable now than they have been historically - that is > a tribute to the success of American power. IIRC it was the American powerplay against the Russians in the first place that turned Afghanistan into a pretty gross mess. from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1162108.stm ...1986 - US begins supplying mujahedin with Stinger missiles, enabling them to shoot down Soviet helicopter gunships. Babrak Karmal replaced by Najibullah as head of Soviet-backed regime.... Sonja _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
