Comments on: Revisiting Afghanistan: Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things

By: Aileni

Aileni — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:31:00 +0000

War came to me when I was five.The Swansea Blitz (South Wales) left an indelible mark on my life, yet this was as nothing to what children of my age suffered in areas under German control.So-called leaders, or should I say – deciders, enter so lightly into war with never a thought for the helpless.Terrible as 9/11 was, if it had happened in any other part of the world… well, what do you think would have happened?A.

By: techfun

techfun — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:06:00 +0000

I remember reading about an internationally administered geography quiz from, I THINK, the National Geographic Society. Forgetting for the time being about knowledge of other cultures and societies, the US scored near the bottom on just knowing where other countries were and who their neighbors are.The key telling point of the study was that after over a year of military operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan, over 75% of Americans tested could not find either country on an unlabeled map of the region that only showed national borders.

By: AntiBarbie

AntiBarbie — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:08:00 +0000

You wrote: ‘What frightens me about all of this is that most of us Americans seem to perceive very little about the realities of life in other parts of the world’Americans are often clueless about things that happen beyond the realm of the US. I remember how shocked so many people were that some people loathe us when the whole 9/11 attacks happened. They were walking around in a bubble thinking everyone loved us.