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...generated by vested interests, it is disingenuous for Joe Klein to call Afghanistan "Obama's War" [Dec. 14]. The U.S. created the mess. Whatever initiative the Pentagon may come up with, al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden - who have won the hearts and minds of the majority that matters - remain a force that will haunt the U.S., just as the mujahedin did the Soviet Union. Saber Ahmed Jazbhay Durban, South Africa...
...generated by vested interests, it is disingenuous for Joe Klein to call Afghanistan Obama's war [Dec. 14]. The U.S. created the mess. Whatever initiative the Pentagon may come up with, al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden - who have won the hearts and minds of the majority that matters - remain a force that will haunt the U.S., just as the mujahedin did the Soviet Union. Saber Ahmed Jazbhay, DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA...
Given his stated commitment to work toward the abolition of nuclear weapons, it's possible the review will call for aggressive cuts. That can't happen, however, without Russia's cooperation, and the current START negotiations are only the beginning. Until that happens, however, both sides will remain locked in a nightmarish anachronism, with nuclear annihilation of both sides always only minutes away. As Andreasen says, "Most experts agree: We will need to do more than the new START, with greater urgency and on a much broader front, to get ahead of the nuclear danger...
...While these officials admit to feeling "deep embarrassment" over al-Balawi's betrayal, they remain confident in their ability to penetrate al-Qaeda's leadership circles. "We've done it before, and we can do it again," an official says. "We won't stop trying...
...change the restrictions on the media. For months after the civil war was declared over, journalists were not permitted to travel to or report in the former conflict zone in the island's north, and they still need permission to visit camps where those displaced by the war remain, or to speak with those who have returned to their former villages. Similar authorization is required to visit and write on the accelerated development and resettlement process now under way in the Vanni, the former conflict zone in northern Sri Lanka...