Up and down the road to a big anti-war movement

[Joe R. Golowka]

> Just pretend Afghanistan needs more or less what any other
> poor screwed up country needs, only more so because of
> a) the damage wrought by two decades of war; and b) the
> obligation of the U.S. to compensate the innocent for the
> costs of its military mission.
>
> That means aid, technology transfer, & relaxation of
> intellectual property (particularly in the pharmaceutical
> and agri areas).  I presume Afgh has no debt so
> debt relief is not at issue, though easy credit terms for
> development loans could be.

Realistically, Washington will attach all sorts of strings to any aid so
that they have to go through structural adjustment and whatnot, which means
only the top 5% or so will benefit from this.