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08-14-07, 06:22 AM
Afghan war makes a comeback in U.S. media
By ANI
Tuesday August 14, 02:23 PM
Washington, Aug 14 (ANI): The war against Taleban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, post 9/11, which was codenamed as 'Operation Enduring Freedom' by the US is slowly making a comeback in mainstream media after it was overtaken by 'developments' in Iraq. hile people in Canada still debate how long Canadian forces will remain engaged in a military role in Afghanistan, the US seems almost an "Afghanistan free zone" with the media, especially the television networks here, focussing more on the Iraq war that has cost 450 billion dollars, and taken the lives of 3,600 marines.
Compared to this, 'Operation Enduring Freedom' has lost 127 billion dollars and 350 soldiers' lives.
A resurgent and emboldened al-Qaeda and the constant bombing by NATO forces, has helped Kabul get attention in the US media.
Karzai's visit to Camp David last week and Democrat's Presidential hopefuls quarrelling over US foreign policy in public debates have only served as a catalyst to growing concerns about Kabul in Washington.
"If (the military intervention in) Afghanistan fails, there will be no state, no economy and no government," a report in The Gazette, Canada quoted Marvin Weinbaum, as saying.
Weinbaum, who worked as an analyst on Afghanistan and Pakistan in the U.S. State Department from 1999 through 2003 further added: "In that kind of soil, certainly the enemies of the United States and everybody else will be able to flourish."
News from Kabul may be bad, but according to Weinbaum, getting Afghanistan back into the public eye is for good reason.
"Bombs go off in Britain. Bombs go off in Spain. They could go off in Toronto. They (Canadians) are not going to be able to buy out of this. We are talking now about hard-core terrorists. And, for the time being, their safest place is Afghanistan," he added. (ANI)
Ellie
By ANI
Tuesday August 14, 02:23 PM
Washington, Aug 14 (ANI): The war against Taleban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, post 9/11, which was codenamed as 'Operation Enduring Freedom' by the US is slowly making a comeback in mainstream media after it was overtaken by 'developments' in Iraq. hile people in Canada still debate how long Canadian forces will remain engaged in a military role in Afghanistan, the US seems almost an "Afghanistan free zone" with the media, especially the television networks here, focussing more on the Iraq war that has cost 450 billion dollars, and taken the lives of 3,600 marines.
Compared to this, 'Operation Enduring Freedom' has lost 127 billion dollars and 350 soldiers' lives.
A resurgent and emboldened al-Qaeda and the constant bombing by NATO forces, has helped Kabul get attention in the US media.
Karzai's visit to Camp David last week and Democrat's Presidential hopefuls quarrelling over US foreign policy in public debates have only served as a catalyst to growing concerns about Kabul in Washington.
"If (the military intervention in) Afghanistan fails, there will be no state, no economy and no government," a report in The Gazette, Canada quoted Marvin Weinbaum, as saying.
Weinbaum, who worked as an analyst on Afghanistan and Pakistan in the U.S. State Department from 1999 through 2003 further added: "In that kind of soil, certainly the enemies of the United States and everybody else will be able to flourish."
News from Kabul may be bad, but according to Weinbaum, getting Afghanistan back into the public eye is for good reason.
"Bombs go off in Britain. Bombs go off in Spain. They could go off in Toronto. They (Canadians) are not going to be able to buy out of this. We are talking now about hard-core terrorists. And, for the time being, their safest place is Afghanistan," he added. (ANI)
Ellie