Tom Friedman on Afghanistan

[Tomconroy]

Last edited Fri Aug 20, 2021, 09:32 AM - Edit history (1)

For better or worse, Tom Friedman is back from writing his book and is churning out new columns in the New York Times
He did recently cite two interesting statistics about Afghanistan. 75 percent of the population is under 25 and thus have no memory of the previous Taliban regime. 70 percent of the population have cell phones and are thus connected to the world, unlike 20 years ago.
Will any of this make any difference? I guess we will find out.

[JI7]

1. Do they know what percentage of males and females there are ?

[Tomconroy]

2. Didn't say anything in the articles I read. You'd assume

A pretty even split.

[Bluethroughu]

3. I was just thinking, what do these people think about

AMERICANS OCCUPYING their country their whole lives. Are their stories of life before occupation, and how do they feel about it.

Do they have Hope's and dreams for their country, or have these people been just surviving and have PTSD, from the chaos?

[HAB911]

4. It would be gratifying if the populce did what the

Afghan military could or would not do

[JHB]

5. Tom "suck on this" war pimp Friedman?

Tom "we'll have a clearer picture in 4 to 6 months" for year after year Friedman?

Tom "I talked with my cab driver" who told him what he wanted to hear Friedman?

[Fiendish Thingy]

6. Friedman is just a notch below David Brooks as worst pundit hack. Nt

[madinmaryland]

7. The Moustache of Understanding strikes again...

Wasn’t he all out for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars back in the day?