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Senator Joe Lieberman meets with Afghan leader Hamid Karzai
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What should the U.S. do to help the new government of Afghanistan?
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Peter Maass' article, "Gul Agha Gets His Province Back"
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The Hamid Karzai era has begun in Afghanistan. But don't be fooled into
thinking Afghanistan will see the dawn of a new day, says New York Times
Magazine correspondent Peter Maass. Karzai is merely a U.S.-chosen figurehead,
with more of a following in Washington than in his own country. The real
leaders of the new Afghanistan, Maass argues, are the old warlords who
have reemerged to take control of the fiefdoms they were ousted from by
the Taliban several years ago.
Even more troubling, says Maass, is that the warlords do not take Hamid
Karzai very seriously. They pay him politically correct lip service to
ensure that he delivers their aid checks from the United States. But the
new vision that so many people had for a united, prosperous Afghanistan
may actually be a distant dream.
Guest:
Peter Maass, correspondent with The New York Times Magazine;
author of "Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War"
Plus, Tom and Jack break down President Bush's economic offensive.
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