I would also venture that 30 years from now people are going to look back and see America’s relationship with India and China as rising great powers as more important issues than our relationship with Pashto-speaking town elders in rural Afghanistan.
M Yglesias
Yeah but the Uzbeck speaking youths are key.
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Then, why is President Obama having Afghans and Pakistanis bombed and missiled?
http://www.juancole.com/2009/04/top-ten-ways-us-is-turning-afghanistan.html
April 3, 2009
Top Ten Ways the US is Turning Afghanistan into Iraq
By Juan Cole
[Obama bombs and Obama missiles and Obama bullets and Obama soldiers and Obama money.]
What is a little comforting is to know that Europeans are not rushing to send troops to Afghanistan, but to have President Obama speak in threatening tones to "young" Europeans to pitch for troops is beyond understanding.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/04/world/europe/04prexy.html?ref=world
April 4, 2009
Obama Takes Charm Offensive to Young People
By HELENE COOPER
Obama Connects With Young Europeans
By HELENE COOPER
President Obama told a crowd of young people in France that “America is changing, but it cannot be America alone that changes.”
[As the Pied Piper leading on to Afghanistan and Pakistan.]
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