“Winter in Kabul: Life Without Peace in Afghanistan” by Ann Jones
20 February 2009, 07:57, by dhcrystal
Ann Jones is dead on in her assessment of the Afghan plight! Every politician and government employee in Washington should be forced to read this book, then to look in the mirror for a reflection into what their part in this bungled catastrophe has been.
As an American who was born in and grew up in Pakistan and Afghanistan I was surprised at the truth someone finally wrote about that land... How she managed to uncover the heart of the failures there so quickly is surprising. But, the West’s continued failure, bungling and outright corruption and ongoing self-serving pagentry is not in the least bit surprising.
The only thing I truly felt at the conclusion of my reading was unfathomable disgust for the way we in the West continue to try to fix such failed lands.
Ann Jones is dead on in her assessment of the Afghan plight! Every politician and government employee in Washington should be forced to read this book, then to look in the mirror for a reflection into what their part in this bungled catastrophe has been.
As an American who was born in and grew up in Pakistan and Afghanistan I was surprised at the truth someone finally wrote about that land... How she managed to uncover the heart of the failures there so quickly is surprising. But, the West’s continued failure, bungling and outright corruption and ongoing self-serving pagentry is not in the least bit surprising.
The only thing I truly felt at the conclusion of my reading was unfathomable disgust for the way we in the West continue to try to fix such failed lands.