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As you’re all busy, for sure, with new activities in a new year, I’m sure we haven’t been too awfully missed. But! we are back, and the first Book of the Day for 2009 is: After the Taliban: Nation-Building in Afghanistan by James F. Dobbins, a former ambassador for the USA to the European Union.
I don’t think its much of a secret that the United States isn’t all that popular in a lot of places due to the last 8 years and decisions the government has made in regards to war in other nations. Dobbins discusses his role in re-establishing a government once the Taliban was taken out of power in Afghanistan. Why is the opinion of Dobbins important? He’s a guy who has helped rebuild Haiti, Bosnia, and Kosovo, and he’s not afraid to tell you how the U.S. War cabinet shot itself in the foot (figuratively, not like Plaxico Burress) and broke down over Afghan issues. It is a straight forward account of a man doing his job. It just so happens that his job affects at least two nations and all of their members.
