Comments on A World of Troubles: Trying to figure it out

Jimmy, great stuff. I been watching the news and ...

2009-10-10T10:18:45.968+04:30

Jimmy, great stuff. I been watching the news and Bill Maher trying to figure out what the fuck is going on. They are only beginning to talk about this weeks later and are not getting beyond the surface. You got the in-depth and cutting edge info and persepctive and I know I can trust it coming from you. Thank you.
conedog

Jimmy....fascinating piece. It's hard to make...

2009-09-23T22:40:57.746+04:30

Jimmy....fascinating piece. It's hard to make sense fo what's going on over there from our vantage point. The media covers some things, like McChrystal saying we need more troops, and then there will be other responses from "experts" saying that is not the right move. The Right, in large numbers, still supports this action (with exceptions like George Will) and it's hard

The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the blo...

2009-09-23T19:23:33.383+04:30

The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the blog post From the Front: 09/23/2009 News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front.

good points Michael and well put, it doesn't m...

2009-09-23T18:11:48.096+04:30

good points Michael and well put, it doesn't mean the same soldier who gave me candies will not die from my bullet tomorrow. It's sort of the pashtun tradition of hospitality reversed on the occupier...

jim

I talked to ex-Mujahedin and Afghan war Soviet vet...

2009-09-23T13:31:54.629+04:30

I talked to ex-Mujahedin and Afghan war Soviet veterans who fought each other in the 80s. All tell the same story of trading goodies during the day, and killing each other at night. Both sides seem to remember these days with a sense of nostalgia, and have some sort of a strange respect and liking of each other.
In Afghan tradition, those who came to their country as occupiers will face