http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2009/12/03/what-happens/ A Voice for Tikkun Olam (healing the world) Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:47:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2009/12/03/what-happens/comment-page-1/#comment-3879 admin Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:12:28 +0000 http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/?p=7689#comment-3879 This is another test This is another test

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]]> http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2009/12/03/what-happens/comment-page-1/#comment-3437 DLO Mendis Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:17:14 +0000 http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/?p=7689#comment-3437 Rep. Anna Eshoo has said "Afghanistan is the Graveyard of Nations. A thousand years of history instructs us what happens to those who attempt to occupy this land". I am reminded of a statement by Lord Philip Noel Baker at the 1981 Pugwash conference when the Soviet intervention in Afghanistat was being discussed. A Soviet scientist made a prepared statement that the USSR had a common border with Afghanistan and they were there on the invitation of that government. US delegates were silent; then, Noel-Baker in a wheelchair wheeled himself forward and in a ringing voice that belied his frail appearance said, that the British had invaded Afghanistan in 1855 and met with fierce resistance. 15,000 men had had to retreat to try to get back to India by way of the Khyber pass as winter set in. Only two men had made it to the pass, and just one man brought the news of the tragedy to Delhi. He concluded amidst pin-drop silence: the Afghans are a tough people! Rep. Anna Eshoo has said “Afghanistan is the Graveyard of Nations. A thousand years of history instructs us what happens to those who attempt to occupy this land”.
I am reminded of a statement by Lord Philip Noel Baker at the 1981 Pugwash conference when the Soviet intervention in Afghanistat was being discussed. A Soviet scientist made a prepared statement that the USSR had a common border with Afghanistan and they were there on the invitation of that government. US delegates were silent; then, Noel-Baker in a wheelchair wheeled himself forward and in a ringing voice that belied his frail appearance said, that the British had invaded Afghanistan in 1855 and met with fierce resistance. 15,000 men had had to retreat to try to get back to India by way of the Khyber pass as winter set in. Only two men had made it to the pass, and just one man brought the news of the tragedy to Delhi. He concluded amidst pin-drop silence: the Afghans are a tough people!

]]> http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2009/12/03/what-happens/comment-page-1/#comment-3416 JustJack Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:57:31 +0000 http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/?p=7689#comment-3416 Impressive. Impressive.

]]> http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2009/12/03/what-happens/comment-page-1/#comment-3401 Ruth van Veenendaal Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:05:37 +0000 http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/?p=7689#comment-3401 It is wonderful to hear such a reasonable response to the "surge." I hope many others in Congress can be so levelheaded and responsive to the many of us who oppose it. It is wonderful to hear such a reasonable response to the “surge.” I hope many others
in Congress can be so levelheaded and responsive to the many of us who oppose it.

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