Comments on: US Lacks Capacity to Win Over Afghans http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/04/us-lacks-capacity-to-win-over-afghans/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:09:19 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sunil Sharma http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/04/us-lacks-capacity-to-win-over-afghans/#comment-44129 Sunil Sharma Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:37:44 +0000 http://dissidentvoice.org/?p=7884#comment-44129 E-Liz wrote: "My Question is, has he ever been to central asia? While wearing a green suit? Is he another arm chair warrior who talks big, but don’t know crap!" Actually, Porter has traveled extensively to the places he reports about, especially Vietnam, where he was a bureau chief and covered the war for various mainstream news outlets. His reporting was superb, and challenged the lies and distortions of various aspects of the war put out by people like Nixon and Doug Pike, as well as most of the media. Hardly an "armchair warrior" that doesn't "know crap". Can you say the same? E-Liz wrote: “My Question is, has he ever been to central asia? While wearing a green suit? Is he another arm chair warrior who talks big, but don’t know crap!”

Actually, Porter has traveled extensively to the places he reports about, especially Vietnam, where he was a bureau chief and covered the war for various mainstream news outlets. His reporting was superb, and challenged the lies and distortions of various aspects of the war put out by people like Nixon and Doug Pike, as well as most of the media. Hardly an “armchair warrior” that doesn’t “know crap”.

Can you say the same?

]]> By: E-Liz http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/04/us-lacks-capacity-to-win-over-afghans/#comment-44125 E-Liz Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:59:21 +0000 http://dissidentvoice.org/?p=7884#comment-44125 Gareth Porter is an investigative historian and journalist specialising in U.S. national security policy. My Question is, has he ever been to central asia? While wearing a green suit? Is he another arm chair warrior who talks big, but don't know crap! All answers are not written in books. Gareth Porter is an investigative historian and journalist specialising in U.S. national security policy.

My Question is, has he ever been to central asia? While wearing a green suit? Is he another arm chair warrior who talks big, but don’t know crap!

All answers are not written in books.

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