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Afghanistan: What the Anthropologists Say

November 22, 2011
Afghanistan: What the Anthropologists Say

Illustration by Henning Wagenbreth By ALEXANDER STAR Published: November 18, 2011 RECOMMEND TWITTER LINKEDIN SIGN IN TO E-MAIL PRINT REPRINTS SHARE Ten years after the Taliban’s leaders fled their country in apparent defeat, the war in Afghanistan has become what one observer calls “a perpetually escalating stalemate.” As in Iraq, the United States military has [...]

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“Before Tahrir Square happened almost nobody predicted that President Hosni Mubarak would be forced out of office by a movement that didn’t pick up a gun”

April 18, 2011
“Before Tahrir Square happened almost nobody predicted that President Hosni Mubarak would be forced out of office by a movement that didn’t pick up a gun”

This is a very insightful offering from David Swanson. Swanson captures many of the realities in Afghanistan and not just the so called realpolitik the imperial project is peddling to the Middle East in the same way that a drug dealer deals with his clients who he hopes will become hopelessly addicted to his product. We [...]

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