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Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Proxy Wars Afghanistan has been the battlefield for proxy wars for centuries now. It doesn't bode well for our presence that the invaders are almost consistently repelled. Iran, allegedly, just broke the cardinal rule of proxy battling: don't leave a paper trail. I think I've recommended Charlie Wilson's War previously; it's the behind-the-scenes story of how we drove the Soviet Union out of Afghanistan. The parallels to recent events are numerous. If you like spy novels, you'll love this real-life tale of cold-war conniving. It's good and relevant history, too. I was still in the single digits in the late '70s, so I was aware of a situation in Afghanistan from Walter Cronkite's evening newscast, but I certainly didn't appreciate the geo-political implications of the events. Not to by any means imply that I now thoroughly do understand them. Heck, you could probably get three PhD's arguing causes and effects three different ways. |
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