via humanfordinner
"Reintegrating" Afghan youth 
“We’ll fight against America for a thousand years if we have to,” said Ali Ahmad, 17, sitting at a desk that has hearts and Koran verses scratched in the wood …
“They bring us here to change us,” said Nane Asha, in his late teens. “But this is our way. We cannot be changed.” …
Reintegration is at the heart of U.S. and Afghan government strategies to wind down the war, with schooling and employment being offered to coax fighters away from the insurgency.
As I read this article, I can’t help but be reminded of the similarities between the assimilate/exterminate policies directed against Native Americans by the US government during the period of western expansion.
Manifest Destiny : Native Americans :: War on Terror : Arabs and Central Asians
via girtabaix
Everyone affected by terror deserve a national one-minute silence. I find it deeply upsetting that we remember the 9/11 victims only, and NOT the victims of the ‘war on terror.’ Millions have died from Pakistan, to Iraq, to Afghanistan. More people have died due to the war on terror, than terrorism itself. My heart goes out to all the innocent souls that have suffered.
via madeinnablus
“…sectors of the doctrinal system serve to divert the unwashed masses and reinforce the basic social values: passivity, submissiveness to authority, the overriding virtue of greed and personal gain, lack of concern for others, fear of real or imagined enemies, etc. The goal is to keep the bewildered herd bewildered. It’s unnecessary for them to trouble themselves with what’s happening in the world. In fact, it’s undesirable — if they see too much of reality they may set themselves to change it.”- Noam Chomsky, ‘What Uncle Sam Really Wants’, 1993
via proletarianinstinct
