MeFi comment:
""natural and obvious consequence of Bush's decision to completely ignore the place once the bombs stopped falling"
Afghanistan wasn't ignored. This, remarkably, isn't about the Americans or Bush or a lack of attention. It isn't about how..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by bitterpants
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"If you want an idea of what Dahl's childhood was like read 'Galloping Foxley' which was supposedly based on his utterly miserable school days
He's fairly explicit about them in his first autobiography, "Boy", as well...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by peacheater
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
""the Soviets brought war to Afghanistan while we Americans brought Stinger missiles"
The Afghans brought war on themselves. The Saur Revolution was a purely Afghan revolution, sparked by the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese
Last month
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"Not really precisely in your topic range, but policy researchers trying to measure their success in the development sector often use the International Development Research Centre's "outcome mapping" tool. Check out the website too. These..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by andraste, By The Grace of God
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Sort out their own mess.
A mess of whose creation? I'm not arguing for a solution. Thankfully I don't have to. However, one example of a country that had relative success does not convince me that Iraq will go the same way - particularly because..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lalochezia
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Hum - difficult one to call, Student of Man, and maybe best if you go out there and have a look yourself. It's very difficult to know what to say about this - I tend to get defensive. I worked in Afghanistan for two and a half years in the aid..." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by axon, divabat, sebastienbailard, Durn Bronzefist, rongorongo, khaibit, tippiedog, spaceman_spiff, aramaic, RakDaddy, regicide is good for you, binturong
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"On the subject of inaccessibility. A friend of mine got his hand bitten off while wanking a camel in Jordan.
He worked in the Wadi Rum with a bunch of bedouin. You can imagine the scene: there you are, one sunny day in the desert, watching a..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by ignorantguru, runincircles, PeterMcDermott, Sticherbeast
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"As usual with Afghanistan, there's a whole load here going on that doesn't come out. The guy's brother has been writing about some of the big bad Balkhis for some time with the Institute of War and Peace Reporting. Balkh and Mazar have an..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Burhanistan, languagehat
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"There are Bedouin in the Wadi Rum who participated in the filming of Lawrence of Arabia and who to this day believe that they met Lawrence and fought in his battles. Or so the story goes...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by mecran01, grobstein
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"And on the subject of 1984, from the man himself. An old 'un, but a good 'un." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by teleskiving
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
""...build a case for loving people whose job it is to murder other people". Does the same apply for soldiers on tour in Afghanistan or in Iraq? I certainly wouldn't look at the squaddies in that light, and yet a frequent profile for the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by wuwei
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"There's been an initiative to legalise production in Afghanistan for some time, and use the product to alleviate the shortage of medicinal morphiates (as I understand it, at the moment there's demand in third world countries, it's just that the costs..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by homunculus
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Might an answer to lalochezia's question be to open our own borders a little/lot - if not a free movement of people at least more openness for qualified people, (middle class) kids coming to educate in our Universities, scholarships paid for from our..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mrgrimm
10 months ago
