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...easy. It’s unfair to say that Hitchens is a total mercenary, or that he doesn’t live at least some of his principles—he takes care to remind you of all of his sundry sojourns alongside this political radical or championing that unpopular cause—but he undeniably benefits from the very best of the system he so deplores...
...This is really about accountability,” said council member Jessica R. Stannard-Friel ’04. “Under the [defeated] system, you can mask a ‘no’ vote as an abstention if you have an opinion that you think is unpopular with your constituents...
...commanders on the front is turning ugly; they are talking of plans to march on Kabul with or without U.S. approval and air support, and they are openly complaining that American tactics have been ineffective. This disillusionment and frustration with the U.S. spells danger. The Taliban may be deeply unpopular with many Afghans, but it is local. Says Nancy Dupree, a veteran observer of the country, now based with relief agencies in Peshawar: "It's the first thing you learn about the Afghans. They will fight among themselves until kingdom come, but as soon as an outside force comes...
...commanders on the front is turning ugly; they are talking of plans to march on Kabul with or without U.S. approval and air support, and they are openly complaining that American tactics have been ineffective. This disillusionment and frustration with the U.S. spells danger. The Taliban may be deeply unpopular with many Afghans, but it is local. Says Nancy Dupree, a veteran observer of the country, now based with relief agencies in Peshawar: "It's the first thing you learn about the Afghans. They will fight among themselves until kingdom come, but as soon as an outside force comes...
...Board study found that during NATO's 1999 air war over Kosovo, Commando Solo 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...