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Hi Catherine
it makes one think about the real agenda of the government. I have listen to you on Coast to Coast am and you have brought up this whole Mafia-Narco agenda. Combine our Afganistan, Colombia, Mexico policies what you get is one big military policy (AKA Plan Merida, Plan Colombia) Each of these Plans involved military assistance to these countries. In the case of Mexico, Mexico is in the middle of horrible drug war in which Mexico looks like Iraq.
What I really wondering about is what Obama’s Foreign Policy will be based on. Probably it will be based on Bill Clinton’s Foreign Policy since Hillary will be Secretary of State and Bill Clinton her advisor.
Doug:
My impression was that Afghanistan has been more successful than you say. We must judge a policy by its real goals rather than the stated goals. If my understanding is correct, the Afghanistan drug crops/trade has returned to all time high, American contractors have made a small fortune, Afghanistan’s independence has been reduced or destroyed, we have a significant military presence and the stage was set to go into Iraq, which we have done.
That is a whole series of “successes”, yes?
Hi Catherine
I was just reading an article on Afghanistan and the development of current policy over the past seven years. The Article is called “Afghanistan Imperiled” Current History Magazine December 2008.
In Essence, Our failure in Afghanistan started right from the beginning. We did not devote enough economic, military and political capital and instead we jumped right into the Iraq War. Had we taken the Afghanistan much more seriously it could be that the bloodly last couple of years could have prevented.