thanks for this James.

i had been thinking that there was simply no way Harperiggy or anyone else could possibly justify (unspoken or otherwise) any kind of cold war type rationale for the ongoing war against Afghans, given that Russia and Canada and the US are now working together to devastate the villagers of the country (with Medveyev/Putin facilitating transit for aggressors as well as military hardware for the slicked puppet regime.)

really hope these planned educational events you speak of go well. maybe i can help a bit if you're out this way.. but i'm not really sure what kind of position i'll be in come fall..pls keep rabble or babble posted on developments

also, the q's you raised are very good ones to address.  maybe it would be useful for some of that to be discussed at babble ahead of time so people can start to get their heads around it..

just a thought.

thx again.