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Culture war
Christian Century, Feb 12, 2008
CULTURE WAR: The war in Afghanistan was once a success story, but the American and NATO forces fighting there are meeting increasing resistance--and it is not only a response to military action. "Russia attacked us with guns," said one Islamic preacher, "but the Americans have assaulted our culture." Go into many Afghan homes, he said, and instead of seeing instructional CDs on the Qur'an, you'll see Western-style CDs and DVDs.
His solution is to try to launch a cultural jihad. Civilian casualties also create resistance. "Afghan culture is based on honor and revenge; kill one man and you earn a family of enemies for life," says author Nicholas Schmidle (Virginia Quarterly Review, Winter).
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