[Recovering Ex-hippie]

That panel today was one of the BEST I have seen on sunday am...There was an ACTUAL DISCUSSION..points were brought up;counterpoints brought up and a lot of reality in the panelists (cept for Barbara Lee)..these panelists for the most part had been in Afghanistan for 10 years, one of them was born there..they may have been writers or strategy wonks, but at least they knew their stuff.

The overwhelming conviction of these knowlegeable people was “ If you leave now...terrorism will get worse, and the best outcome is we have a chance to go back in.”

If all the Sun shows were like this...the citizenry could get educated....but then I am dreaming..better get back on my meds (ha).

[rodguy911]

Darn I missed that part.I usually skip most panels,probably a bad idea.

[Girlene]

That panel today was one of the BEST I have seen on sunday am...

It was very interesting. The one guy, Tom Ricks (who lived there as a child), was very interesting in his take on the Afghan population. However at the very end of the discussion his assessment was that the only way to avoid dealing with problems in the ME is to convert to alternative sources of energy.

Junger (sp?), writer who has imbed with the troops, reminded the panel that even though the number of Afghanis killed during our involvement is high, it did not begin to compare to those killed by the Taliban. Leaving Afghanistan to the Taliban would be a huminitarian disaster, and AlQueida would be back.

Wes Moore (in Afghanistan from 2005-2006, I think) pointed out how the Afghanis do not even comprehend the geography of their own country. When they were shown a map of Afghanistan, they did not know what it was. IOW, they are very tribal and seperated into their local regions.

Quite interesting, over all.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

If all the Sun shows were like this...the citizenry could get educated....but then I am dreaming..

No, you're right. As those shows get preempted by infomercials, the people will become more informed.