Afghans Resent U.S. Treatment. In one raid, U.S. forces storm a home and arrest the owner, only to release him hours later. In another, soldiers tie the hands of female suspects, breaking a strict local taboo against touching women. [AP World News]
This is hardly surprising–it’s been obvious almost from the beginning that the US was headed down the same road as the Russians. There’s probably still time to repair the damage by giving up on treating Afghanistan as a conquered territory, but I don’t think there’s much chance that anyone in Washington will do that.
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