lbo-talk-digest V1 #5096

[Chris Doss]

A friend of mine - who is no fan of the bombing - had a long chat 
with an Afghan living in NYC the other day. His wife and kids are 
still in Kabul, along with the rest of his family. She asked him what 
he thought of the bombing. He said he supported it. She asked him 
about civilian casualties. He said that people are dying every day in 
Afghanistan, and if the U.S. campaign brought down the Taliban, the 
civilian deaths would be worth it. That makes me very queasy, but 
that's what he said.

Doug

On a related subject, I met a real live Chechen the other day (who has a
Saudi passport and got himself and his mother out, Thank God). Really nice
guy. Anyway, in a state of extreme intoxication, he said the war clans have
taken things over so thoroughly the Russians should just drop a nuke on the
place. It's pretty disturbing to hear someone advocating auto-genocide.

Chris Doss
The Russia Journal