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This is a heart-wrenching first-person account of an NPR journalist who ends up quitting her job and basing herself in
Kandahar to run a nonprofit organization and try to do some real good for the people of Afghanistan.
This is not an objective account.
She makes it clear right from the start that she is VERY angry about the way things in Afghanistan have been handled on all sides.
She has an agenda and is absolutely certain of the rightness of her cause and methods. Also, this cause is most defin ...more
Kandahar to run a nonprofit organization and try to do some real good for the people of Afghanistan.
This is not an objective account.
She makes it clear right from the start that she is VERY angry about the way things in Afghanistan have been handled on all sides.
She has an agenda and is absolutely certain of the rightness of her cause and methods. Also, this cause is most defin ...more
Jul 14, 2009
Laura
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Wow. Chayes' book has raised so many issues and questions -- all that I do not know about this area of the world; how ill-informed Americans are, not just laypeople like me, but the armed forces, the state department, and journalists; what is the role of the U.S. overseas; and on and on.
I saw Chayes on The Rachel Maddow Show this week -- nice timing for me. I was glad to see that she was still in Afghanistan and that she is now an advisor to the U.S. military.
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I saw Chayes on The Rachel Maddow Show this week -- nice timing for me. I was glad to see that she was still in Afghanistan and that she is now an advisor to the U.S. military.
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Erica
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