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How have the Taliban matured? Like this
From Harper’s Weekly Review: Taliban soldiers fired at a crowd of protesters, attacked reporters, and burned down a Kabul amusement park after riding the merry-go-round and bumper cars. “When it comes to experience, maturity, vision, there is a huge difference … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The Facts of Life, The god problem, War on women
Tagged Haji Wafa, Islamic scholars, Kandahar, Taliban, Zagihullah Mujahid
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What really happened in Afghanistan
Each morning when I turn on my computer, I go first to the Times and their opinion section. There I read maybe one essay and mark in my head the others I will want to read later. Today, amid the … Continue reading
Posted in Joe Biden and his people, Politics, The Facts of Life, War on women
Tagged Adam Nossiter, Afghanistan, Algeria, Battle of Algiers, Carter Malkasian, Charles de Gaulle, colonial wars, Damon Winters, Donald Trump, Gillo Pontecorvo, John Kennedy, Kabul, Mao, Mike Mansfield, New York Times, Patrick Chabal, pieds noirs, Taliban
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War. I don’t get it. But then I’m a naive and foolish woman
I’ve just been listening to a panel of experts on Nicolle Wallace’s MSNBC show, opining critically on what is happening in Afghanistan. I am, emotionally and intellectually, in a combination of sarcastic bewilderment and fury. With one exception, the experts … Continue reading
Posted in Joe Biden and his people, Politics, The Facts of Life, War on women
Tagged Afghanistan war, Al Qaeda, Bin Laden, George Bush, Joe Biden, Katty Kay, MSNBC, Nicholle Wallace, Taliban, Twin Towers
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