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Saturday, April 7, 2012

Wait Till the War Really Comes Home The Afghan Disaster

WEEKEND EDITION APRIL 6-8, 2012


Wait Till the War Really Comes Home
The Afghan Disaster
by FRANKLIN C. SPINNEY, Counterpunch
The PR disasters over the last three months — including pictures of American troops urinating on Afghan corpses, the burning of Qurans, and the massacre of Afghan civilians, including women and children, by at least one deranged American soldier — have morphed into a grand strategic debacle.  >From the perspective of the Afghan insurgency, these are gifts that will keep on giving.
Why do I use the modifier grand strategic?

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