[Peace-discuss] NYT review of Cole

[David Green]

The editorializing by the NYT correspondent in the review of Juan Cole's book succinctly states the conventional wisdom:

There is a reason that we have tens of thousands of American troops on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan: to stop radical groups from taking over either state, which would create a sanctuary for planning attacks around the world, and — in the case of Pakistan — to prevent them from obtaining nuclear weapons. Those are problems of a vastly different scale than apprehending the next Timothy McVeigh. And they explain why a new president who came into office as the anti-Bush, ready to use diplomacy first, is extending American military action in both Afghanistan and Pakistan.
 
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/10/books/review/Sanger-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print


      
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