I have just watched Afghanistan: The Great Game - A Personal View by Rory Stewart
and I recommend ity highly. You've only got a few days left to watch it on BBC i-Player.
It's in two parts: Episode 1 and Episode 2
My favourite quote was by an Afghan now living in Britain who said 'Its really easy to get into Afghanistan; it's just the getting out part that's really difficult"
It was fascinating to think that this country of Afghanistan, which is on the one hand so barren, yet on the other so strategically placed, has been the stomping ground of Super Powers. Rory Stewart explores this, looking at invasions in the 19th century by Britain, 20th century by Russia and in the 21st century by the US-lead coalition.
The words of Pete Seeger's 'Where have all the flowers gone?' sung by Joan Baez come back to me
'when will we ever learn, when will we ever learn .... '
and I recommend ity highly. You've only got a few days left to watch it on BBC i-Player.
It's in two parts: Episode 1 and Episode 2
My favourite quote was by an Afghan now living in Britain who said 'Its really easy to get into Afghanistan; it's just the getting out part that's really difficult"
It was fascinating to think that this country of Afghanistan, which is on the one hand so barren, yet on the other so strategically placed, has been the stomping ground of Super Powers. Rory Stewart explores this, looking at invasions in the 19th century by Britain, 20th century by Russia and in the 21st century by the US-lead coalition.
The words of Pete Seeger's 'Where have all the flowers gone?' sung by Joan Baez come back to me
'when will we ever learn, when will we ever learn .... '
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