When the American people voted Barack Obama into office on Nov. 4, I don't think they had an escalation of U.S. military forces in Afghanistan on their mind. They voted for real change, not another fruitless and costly military solution, but it seems that the fundamental nature of U.S. foreign policy has not changed since Bush's departure and likely will not change any time soon.
No invading force in history has been able to subdue the Afghan people. In fact, the best that the United States has been able to do is to control the major cities in an overwhelming rural country. The Taliban that was supposedly destroyed back in 2001 now controls well more than half of the country (though it's important to mention that today's "Taliban" has a slightly different character).
Rethink Afghanistan is the latest project of filmmaker Robert Greenwald. It features interviews from prominent experts and journalists calling for a non-aggressive approach to Afghanistan.
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