Conversations With History - Ahmed Rashid

"Descent into Chaos"

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Pakistani Journalist Ahmed Rashid for a discussion of United States foreign policy and the failure of nation building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia.

Recorded June 12, 2008

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/iis/Kreisler.html
http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/

Category:

Education

Tags:

• uc
• berkeley
• Terrorism
• militancy
• Islam
• Foreign
• Policy
• Asia
• yt:quality=high

[bakerch2009]

4:19 until 09:16

15:21 until 22:55

[emotionalinvalid]

@gandhistears correct. since ww2, the western world have only been trying to gain influence Afghanistan and Pakistan to set up a bullwark against the Soviet Union. And the west has used nefarious means, backing fundamentalists, drug traffickers and the Pakistan military. It supported general Zia to hang Benizar Bhutto's father(then president) because he was trying to make Pakistan more secular and thus less amenable to US corporations/military complex

[gandhistears]

rashid is often the most meticulous voice from pakistan--but here he is a little too inviting of euro-american interference-

[ravishingravi]

He basically confesses that Pak. army and state breeds terrorists and they have turned to fight them back. So, it is a terrorist state by th every definition of it.

[ranamahnoor]

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[simplydesperate1]

@selfsenter You should have listened to him carefully he mentioned them supporting the trafickers after the American invasion. The thing you are talking about that was done by the Talibans when they were in power but that was also done just to bring some good name to themselves. Otherwise what do you think they were funding there from, apart from the Saudi funds and Pakistani technical support.

[maqsad1]

@gkatta I'm not going to watch an hour of his ramblings to sift out all the rubbish he spews. It's quite obvious the only people allowed on this show are those who agree to tow the party line.

[gkatta]

@maqsad1 Why do you say that? I'm not sure what uncomfortable truths you're accusing Rashid of spinning into comfortable soundbites. Please elaborate.

[heykellie]

He reminds of my professor. Great interview!

[Dincekt]

he speaks good english i think:) for a pakiiiiiiiiiistaniiiiii