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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (93723)	4/15/2003 9:37:45 PM
From: Dennis O'Bell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Afghan Governor Strains To Shed Warlord Image -- Gul Agha's Rule in Kandahar Dismays Some in Kabul It's stories like this that bother me above all about our military interventions, and not whether looting has taken place in a museum in Baghdad, nor most of the other stuff from the bleating left wing. I just don't see a valid reason why the ball should seem to be dropped on managing the post-military fighting phase. Penny wise and pound foolish comes to mind. I've seen some statements to the effect that Afghanistan is unrecoverable, but don't buy it. Before the Soviet fostered coups d'état, the country was religiously moderate as Muslim states go, there was a working university in Kabul, photos of the city show women in western dress... the problems stem above all from something akin to balkanization.