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Much of the U.S.'s humanitarian effort in Afghanistan is simply adding fuel to anti-American fires [THE STRATEGY, Oct. 15]. Dropping tons of food that the Afghans neither like nor understand (peanut butter, for example) merely perpetuates the image that Americans are trying to convert Afghans to our way of life--or that we are so arrogant we really don't care what they want. We need to discover what food Afghans want and need and then distribute that rather than the stuff we're giving them now. This would do much to advance our humanitarian image. DUNCAN WIMPRESS...
...Wangdue Phodrang, a village in central Bhutan, we were deterred from entering by stories of the regional administrator's fondness for whipping. In Paro, however, some high-ranking officials were happy to guide us around their temple. Inside, a sweet fog of cypress incense fought with the stench of butter lamps, which threw out flickering spokes of gold across mandala paintings on the crumbling walls...
...make you melt like a stick of butter that’s been out too long...
...Osama bin Laden is being waged not just with guns but also with butter. To understand the timing and intent of the bombardment, a senior Pentagon official says, look at the back side of a dollar bill. The eagle clutches an olive branch in its right claw and arrows in its left. Food aid and firepower, the official says, are happening together because "We want to send two images to the world at once...
...decided to give it a try. It was basically Chicken Tikka Masala, except more flavorful and buttery; the sauce was divinely smooth, and the pieces of chicken were tantalizingly tender, but we could feel our arteries clogging up from the luscious thickness of the butter. Abiding by our creative editor’s distaste towards spiciness, we requested everything to be ordered in mild. Good thing we did, as the dishes were already spicy at mild. We also sampled the Chicken Saagwala, which was succulent pieces of chicken mingled with spinach, garlic, and various spices. The Baigan Bharta?...