Sunday, August 16, 2009

Bait & Switch from the Anti-Colonial Hearts & Minds


Reading like a classic scene replayed from the vast literature on colonial history, this gem:

In the southern province of Helmand, U.S. Marines have been trying to secure the strategic town of Dahaneh to cut Taliban supply lines and enable the government to open a polling station there.

After two days of fighting, Marines helped Afghan officers raise the Afghan flag over the town Friday after tribal elders assured the Americans there were no TalibanSource: OPEN ANTHROPOLOGY RSS Feed

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