Final Pen Pal Discussion
- May 4th, 2010
- By cambean
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American media losing focus?
For our last correspondence for this class, I asked my pen pal Aladin to share his thoughts on this article, which discusses the U.S. strategy to combat the Taliban and their influence in the Afghan city of Kandahar. I was curious to see his opinion on counterterrorism in general and specifically what he thought about the U.S. attempt to both “strong-arm” the Taliban out with special forces units and to “buy off” the local residents with money for development projects. Read more