Descent into Chaos: How the War Against Islamic Extremism Is Being Lost


	Descent into Chaos: How the War Against Islamic Extremism Is Being Lost

arifsali

6-22-2008 3:37 PM

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Descent into Chaos: How the War Against Islamic Extremism Is Being Lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia by Ahmed Rashid

The Sunday Times review by Max Hastings: where the West has gone wrong in the war in Central Asia

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Ahmed Rashid, a Pakistani journalist of the highest narrative and analytical
gifts, is baffled by the West’s almost demented indifference and folly
towards Afghanistan and his own country. The stakes are huge. If either
state fails, as is highly plausible, global stability will be rocked. The
United Nations, Nato, the European Union and, of course, America will see
their purposes and credibility set at naught.
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Yet, as Rashid writes: “The international community’s lukewarm commitment to
Afghanistan after 9/11 has been matched only by its incompetence,
incoherence and conflicting strategies — all led by the United States.”
Meanwhile, in Pakistan, Washington’s commitment, since 2001, to support
President Pervez Musharraf’s military dictatorship rather than to promote
the interests of the Pakistani people, “has created immense hatred for the
US army and America, hatred that penetrates all classes of society”.
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