Slog - Comments on "It's basically a criminal enterprise." http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/its_basically_a_criminal_enterprise If you'd like to know what's going on in Afghanistan, all you need is 22 minutes and to click here, to a Bill Moyers interview with Sarah Chayes from February. If you want to know in more detail, read Chayes's book The Punishment of Virtue. It details her attempts, among other things, to get the local warlord in the southern center of Kandahar fired—instead he was promoted by Karzai. (If you're pressed for time with this book, you can skim some of the historical sections without missing much.) Given the news lately, this ought to be a popular Christmas gift.... Copyright 2008 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:15:09 -0800 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:59:30 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by i have a medium penis people who profit from war fund both sides. it's been going on for the entirety of our precious American existence. if you find this surprising, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN PAYING ATTENTION.

]]> i have a medium penis http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/its_basically_a_criminal_enterprise#c1181092 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/its_basically_a_criminal_enterprise#c1181092 The War Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:20:01 -0800 Comment by i have a medium penis also, where do you think the Bush dynasty got it's fortune? If you think it came from oil, again, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN PAYING ATTENTION.

]]> i have a medium penis http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/its_basically_a_criminal_enterprise#c1181096 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/its_basically_a_criminal_enterprise#c1181096 The War Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:22:34 -0800 Comment by Dougsf It's strange that Afghanistan might have been a brighter place under Soviet occupation.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/its_basically_a_criminal_enterprise#c1181120 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/its_basically_a_criminal_enterprise#c1181120 The War Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:40:27 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I don't really agree (nor does anyone who knows much about it) that Afghanistan is basically a criminal enterprise.

But the part about Pakistan is 100 percent correct.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/its_basically_a_criminal_enterprise#c1181183 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/its_basically_a_criminal_enterprise#c1181183 The War Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:37:51 -0800 Comment by Fnarf You're an idiot, Will.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/its_basically_a_criminal_enterprise#c1181196 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/its_basically_a_criminal_enterprise#c1181196 The War Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:59:44 -0800 Comment by cranky i like to think that one day when you all discuss a book, movie, music, or some such other thing, the link you provide will be to a library catalogue. wouldn't that be nice, and so civic minded.

]]> cranky http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/its_basically_a_criminal_enterprise#c1181232 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/its_basically_a_criminal_enterprise#c1181232 The War Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:35:53 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle yeah, and al-Qaeda STILL doesn't get more than 90 percent of their funding and volunteers from one country - Saudi Arabia - Fnarf.

riiiiiight.

except ... it does.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/its_basically_a_criminal_enterprise#c1181313 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/its_basically_a_criminal_enterprise#c1181313 The War Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:59:30 -0800