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Raj Hb

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I am not finished with this book - it has rested a long time in that smallest room in the house, and I have read only a page or two at a time. I have enjoyed it greatly (the book). I find it interesting to compare the British experiences there with the US experiences in other parts of the world. I was struck at the history of the British experience in Afghanistan - and how many parallels there are with the US experience there today. I noted with interest that after some rather bad experiences that the British commanders were told that they could take an army into Afghanistan to punish or retaliate but they should on no account attempt to occupy or remain.... And I wondered if whoever advised Bush I may have read of those experiences - but whoever advised Bush II apparently was not quite so well read....