Well, it's a problem in general with the American military. If you are the biggest and the strongest military power in the world, you have this natural reluctance to learn the quirky ways of the natives in faraway lands.
Even if you are a liberal in the Muslim world, when you see Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, and you see all the other reports of abuses by American forces… - Yaroslav Trofimov
Even if you are a liberal in the Muslim world, when you see Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, and you see all the other reports of abuses by American forces…
- Yaroslav Trofimov
Long before 9/11 and the war in Iraq, a lot of people hated the United States and the West. But what the Iraqi war seems to have done, at least in...… - Yaroslav Trofimov
Long before 9/11 and the war in Iraq, a lot of people hated the United States and the West. But what the Iraqi war seems to have done, at least in...…
Even if you look at Iran, those campaigners for human rights there, they don't want to have anything to do with America, because they are afraid that… - Yaroslav Trofimov
Even if you look at Iran, those campaigners for human rights there, they don't want to have anything to do with America, because they are afraid that…
And if you look at the experience of Turkey, for example, where the modern Islamists are in power and are doing fine - this is very good. Because dem… - Yaroslav Trofimov
And if you look at the experience of Turkey, for example, where the modern Islamists are in power and are doing fine - this is very good. Because dem…
The American official was trying to talk about aid and development projects and finally a local tribal chief got up and said, "Even if you turn our c… - Yaroslav Trofimov
The American official was trying to talk about aid and development projects and finally a local tribal chief got up and said, "Even if you turn our c…
In the occupation in Afghanistan, there are tragedies as well. It's not as bad as in Iraq because there are fewer American troops. But, as I describe… - Yaroslav Trofimov
In the occupation in Afghanistan, there are tragedies as well. It's not as bad as in Iraq because there are fewer American troops. But, as I describe…
I think the behavior of the troops has been a huge factor in the rise of the insurgency and in the rise of the anti-American feelings there[in Iraq]. - Yaroslav Trofimov
I think the behavior of the troops has been a huge factor in the rise of the insurgency and in the rise of the anti-American feelings there[in Iraq].
But in Afghanistan, the general rule was that since you were fighting the Taliban, which was not a lawful government force, the Geneva Conventions di… - Yaroslav Trofimov
But in Afghanistan, the general rule was that since you were fighting the Taliban, which was not a lawful government force, the Geneva Conventions di…
Now as to the behavior of the soldiers: occupations always corrupt the occupiers. - Yaroslav Trofimov
Now as to the behavior of the soldiers: occupations always corrupt the occupiers.
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