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- From: Mark <mpludwig@facstaff.wisc.edu>
- To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [permaculture] Afghanistan redux
- Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 16:18:27 -0500
At 01:47 PM 9/20/02 -0700, you wrote:
> From: Mark;
> My point is that getting shot puts a real damper on implementing anything,
> one needs to be realistic about where one can operate successfully.
I'd reckon that you might be very effective if you converted to Islam,
learned a tribal language, and spent the rest of your life over there. What
would be the odds of getting shot as CIA tho?.
I like uncle Bill's rules on foreign aid Pc, which include:
-go to learn, not teach
-live as the locals do, 100% (ie, no fancy mountain bike, even)
-if you leave, always go back.
-Rick
Just heard an interview on NPR of a film maker who has spent many years in Afghanistan, including post 911. As he put it, once you have smoke a huge pipe of hashish with the Taliban to the point of helplessness they trust you. He's also a practicing Muslim and speaks the local dialect. He did indeed get picked up by the CIA. I would say if we want to get PC on the ground working with existing NGO's on the ground there or Afghan expatriates who are heading back in droves.
M
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Re: [permaculture] Afghanistan redux
, (continued)
- Re: [permaculture] Afghanistan redux, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 09/24/2002
- Re: [permaculture] Afghanistan redux, Margaret L Wilson, 09/24/2002
- Re: [permaculture] Afghanistan redux, John Schinnerer, 09/28/2002
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Re: [permaculture] Afghanistan redux,
jeff, 09/19/2002
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Re: [permaculture] Afghanistan redux,
Mark, 09/20/2002
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Re: [permaculture] Afghanistan redux,
Lee Flier, 09/20/2002
- Re: [permaculture] Afghanistan redux, Bob Ewing & Jocelyn Paquette, 09/20/2002
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Re: [permaculture] Afghanistan redux,
Rick Valley, 09/20/2002
- Re: [permaculture] Afghanistan redux, Mark, 09/20/2002
- Re: [permaculture] Afghanistan redux, PacificEdge, 09/22/2002
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Re: [permaculture] Afghanistan redux,
Lee Flier, 09/20/2002
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Re: [permaculture] Afghanistan redux,
Mark, 09/20/2002
- RE: [permaculture] Afghanistan redux, Mark, 09/25/2002
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