Note: This is the first part of a two-part article. The second half will appear in the February 2009 issue of the GC Advocate. I I will begin with a story that I hope casts some light on why and how the US occupation of Afghanistan is failing. I was with my friend and interpreter Ajmal...
In Part One of Christian Parenti’s in-depth examination of Afghanistan (The Advocate, December 2008), the author argues that the country was used as a trampoline for the George W. Bush administration to jump into Iraq. In the process, Parenti asserts, Afghanistan was made to serve as an...
