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...Afghanistan is famously resistant to outside interference. Ask the Russians. "When the Soviets came, they wanted to change the country overnight, abandoning tribal codes that existed for centuries," says Nelofer Pazira, an exiled Afghan journalist and dedicated foe of the Taliban who stars in the film Kandahar (see box). "People were appalled. They went completely in the opposite direction. Even more liberal families became very conservative...
...Will it last? Yes. If relations with Russia continue to improve, NATO could become the kind of talking shop that would admit its former foe...
Even as the mopping up phase continues, one thing is clear: The military campaign in Afghanistan has affirmed the overwhelming power of America's war machine - in the eyes of both friend and foe. Saddam Hussein, more than most, has reason to be nervous. President Bush drove home the point Monday in a sharp warning to the Iraqi dictator to readmit United Nations arms inspectors or face unspecified consequences. But that doesn't necessarily mean the war against terrorism is about to target Baghdad...
...hawks have a hard time selling their scenario, and not only because the Baghdad regime is a considerably more formidable foe than the Taliban. Even Britain, which has been Washington's most steadfast anti-Iraq ally, has firmly opposed extending the anti-terror campaign to Iraq. The Brits fear that bombing Iraq in the absence of evidence linking Baghdad directly with the September 11 attacks could produce precisely the sort of Islam vs. the West conflict the Bush administration has been so careful to avoid - and bin Laden has been so eager to provoke...
There?s also a ring of truth in the dialogue. During his video for the VH-1 Awards, Zoolander?s foe Hansel says, "Do I know what product I?m selling? No. Do I know what I?m doing here today? No." It?s not that models are dumb, it?s that they seem dumb, like any average American teenager plucked from a rural high school and dumped into the cynical big city...