[Peace-discuss] Afghanistan update

[Brian Hagy]

probably because Afghanistan doesn't have nearly the resources or
potential wealth as Iraq, so wouldn't be worth the "investment."  just a
guess though.

brian



On Sun, 13 Apr 2003, paul michael king wrote:

> 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
> > African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration
> > Africana Unit, Room 328
> > University of Illinois Library
> > 1408 W. Gregory Drive
> > Urbana, IL 61801, USA
> >
> > tel. 217-333-6519
> > fax. 217-333-2214
> > e-mail. akagan at uiuc.edu
>
> Graduate Student
> Library & Information Science
> Champaign-Urbana, IL
>
>
> "What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the
> homeless, whether the mad destruction is brought under the name
> of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy?"
> (Gandhi)
>
>
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