Everything That Happens in Afghanistan Is Based on Lies or Illusions

Tomdispatch.com by Ann Jones | Jul. 17, 2009 (News Analysis)
A Film That Captures Some Edgy, Fearful Truths

Fixer is the best documentary I've seen on Afghanistan -- so good it's hard to imagine a better one. It's all jagged edges, blurs, and disconnects, catching as it does both the forbidding emptiness of the land and the edginess of war-weary Afghans. One long segment, apparently showing the inside of Parenti's shawl as he conceals a camera from potentially hostile villagers, seems the visual correlative of the feeling that unsettles all outsiders from time ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Jul 17, 2009 - 1:20 PM PDT
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 by Dwight Rousu - Jul. 17, 2009

The story helps justify maintaining a healthy disbelief of claims of progress in Afghanistan.

What is our exit strategy?

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 by Patricia Blochowiak - Jul. 23, 2009

Add "Three Cups of Tea" and "The Punishment of Virtue" to gain an even more complete picture.

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