[lbo-talk] Re: Afghanistan [was: query: Arundhati Roy]

[Andy F]

On 3/7/06, Jim Devine <jdevine03 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/6/06, mike larkin <mike_larkin2001 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >So what was your plan for dealing with al-Queda? They had just
> murdered 3,000 people, were using Afghanistan as a base to plan more
> attacks, including nuclear and biological attacks. By invading the
> country, the U.S. destroyed this base and, in my view, forestalled
> further attacks, at least for a while. <
>
> The U.S. has killed a whole lot more in Iraq. It has used Iraq as a
> base for bullying Syria and Iran, among others. The fact that it has
> largely failed in such bullying represents its leaderhship's
> incompetence more than its benevolence.

The US has killed at least that many in Afghanistan, too.  But as long
as the Uzbecks are cool with it, who cares?

--
Andy