[Peace-discuss] Afghanistan update

[paul michael king]

So, my question is this. Why is there not the mad frenzy of privatization
that is gearing up right now in Iraq (as posted by Paul Patton:
Privatization in Disguise)? What factors make the Afghanistan case
different?

..::Paul

On Sat, 12 Apr 2003, Al Kagan wrote:

> This quote is from Friday's New York Times, p. A21, from a column by
> Paul Krugman:
>
> The most obvious example is Afghanistan, the land the Bush
> administration forgot.  Most of the country is back under the control
> of fundamentalist warlords; unpaid soldiers and policemen are
> deserting in droves. (Remember that the Bush administration forgot to
> include any Afghan aid in its latest budget).
>
> President Hamid Karzai's brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai, told an
> Associated Press reporter: "It is like I am seeing the same movie
> twice and no one is trying to fix the problem.  What was promised to
> Afghans with the collapse of the Taliban was a new life of hope and
> change.   But what was delivered? Nothing. Everyone is back in
> business."
> --
>
>
> Al Kagan
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>
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