The subject line says it all.
Let's kick things off from Kunduz.
Taliban attack Afghan city of Kunduz, free inmates - CNN.com
This is significant not only because of the city, but because it is an area once controlled by Rashid Dostum. Who is that? An Afghan Vice President. Dostum has a history of betrayal but I don't know if that played a role in today's assault (probably not, but this is Afghanistan).
He was America’s man in Afghanistan. Then things went sour. Now Abdurrashid Dostum may be back.
Kunduz and Dostum have some history which also provides a link to the PK/ Taliban connection...a connection reported as early as Nov. 2001 (let that date sink in for a moment. That isn't a typo).
The ‘airlift of evil’
The Getaway - The New Yorker
My generation swore there would never be another Vietnam and touted Desert Storm as evidence we vanquished those ghosts and put VN in our rearview mirror.
We spoke too soon.
Let's kick things off from Kunduz.
Taliban attack Afghan city of Kunduz, free inmates - CNN.com
(CNN)—The Afghan provincial capital of Kunduz has largely fallen into "the hand of enemies," Afghanistan's Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said late Monday.
This is significant not only because of the city, but because it is an area once controlled by Rashid Dostum. Who is that? An Afghan Vice President. Dostum has a history of betrayal but I don't know if that played a role in today's assault (probably not, but this is Afghanistan).
He was America’s man in Afghanistan. Then things went sour. Now Abdurrashid Dostum may be back.
Kunduz and Dostum have some history which also provides a link to the PK/ Taliban connection...a connection reported as early as Nov. 2001 (let that date sink in for a moment. That isn't a typo).
The ‘airlift of evil’
The Getaway - The New Yorker
My generation swore there would never be another Vietnam and touted Desert Storm as evidence we vanquished those ghosts and put VN in our rearview mirror.
We spoke too soon.