[lbo-talk] Taliban appears to be regrouped and well-funded

[Thiago Oppermann]

On 9/5/2003 12:14 AM, "lbo-talk-request at lbo-talk.org"
<lbo-talk-request at lbo-talk.org> wrote:


> From: "Chris Doss" <itschris13 at hotmail.com>
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 10:12:12 -0400
> Subject: [lbo-talk] Taliban appears to be regrouped and well-funded
> Reply-To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> 
> 
> http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0508/p01s02-wosc.html

I am rather surprised at how quickly the US seems to have gotten bored of
its Afghan toy. I expected at least some kind of token effort to develop the
country and forestall just this sort of - entirely predictable - problem. Do
you think that the Russians will be proven right in their forecasts of doom
and withdrawal for the US forces? Is the US coming up against the usual
"asymmetry of interest" problem of asymmetric warfare - ie. that the Afghans
are much more interested in getting rid of us than we are in keeping them?

Thiago