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...Also, the U.S. strategy for bringing down the Taliban is premised on the instigating the time-honored Afghan tradition of warlords switching loyalties with the fortunes of war. And while that may help break the Taliban's grip on power, it doesn't necessarily make for a very stable next chapter no matter how much money the West is pumping...
...broadcasts were largely ineffective. No one knows how effective tactical psyops will now be in a country as isolated and backward as Afghanistan has become. Afghans should be starved for information. The Taliban regime is unpopular among large segments of the population. But the Taliban has had an iron grip on what Afghans see and hear - and therefore a long lead in the psyops...
What lies behind the tempers, compulsions, tears and laughter of young children? Dr. T. Berry Brazelton and Joshua Sparrow, a child psychiatrist, have come up with the term touchpoints in a new book to describe the bursts of inexplicable behavior that seem to grip young children just before they make a developmental leap. A child just about to walk, for instance, might be restless at night, or cranky for days, until the afternoon she masters her first shaky trip across the carpet. Or a three-year-old struggling to acquire his language skills might have daily meltdowns until...
...served—to last until 2 a.m., but these limited cases are the exception, not the rule. The present policy, which holds that good students should be neatly tucked in bed by 1 a.m., does not reflect the schedules of today’s students. Loosening the administrative grip on student behavior on the two nights a week we set aside for friends and fun seems a small sacrifice to make in the name of student interaction...
...going to be a typical military campaign. The U.S. military believes the Taliban's grip on power is brittle, and that like crystal glass, it may shatter if it is hit in the right place. They know they can't knock it out from the air. And they also have doubts about the military usefulness of the Northern Alliance. But they suspect that the Northern Alliance's willingness to fight and the discontent of the wider population with Taliban rule might be enough to drive them out of power. The big question now is how much indigenous support the Taliban...