Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Afghanistan: time for the US to go



In the wake of Osama bin Laden's death, the logic for America's longest ever war has become unsustainable

Amy Goodman

guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 4 May 2011

"....The US war in Afghanistan has become the longest war in US history. News outlets now summarily report that "the Taliban have begun their annual spring offensive", as if it were the release of a spring line of clothes. The fact is, this season has all the markings of the most violent of the war, or as the brave reporter Anand Gopal told me Tuesday from Kabul:
"Every year has been more violent than the year before that, so it's just continuing that trend. And I suspect the same to be said for the summer. It will likely be the most violent summer since 2001."...."

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