Comments on: Bookends to War: Afghanistan by Louis Dupree, and Taliban by Ahmed Rashid http://registan.net/index.php/2008/02/18/bookends-to-war-afghanistan-by-louis-dupree-and-taliban-by-ahmed-rashid/ All Central Asia, All The Time Fri, 25 May 2012 20:24:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: AG http://registan.net/index.php/2008/02/18/bookends-to-war-afghanistan-by-louis-dupree-and-taliban-by-ahmed-rashid/comment-page-1/#comment-376366 AG Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:38:32 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2008/02/18/bookends-to-war-afghanistan-by-louis-dupree-and-taliban-by-ahmed-rashid/#comment-376366 "They’ve seen this play before, and they know exactly how it will end; does the U.S.?" Neither the US nor the tribal elders understand the outcome. There are far too many players and interests involved this time around. Furthermore, everyone assumes that British meddling produced little or no change. Well, there has been a lot of scholarship since to prove otherwise. “They’ve seen this play before, and they know exactly how it will end; does the U.S.?”

Neither the US nor the tribal elders understand the outcome. There are far too many players and interests involved this time around. Furthermore, everyone assumes that British meddling produced little or no change. Well, there has been a lot of scholarship since to prove otherwise.

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