January 02, 2003
Made in Afghanistan
In 1975, Pol Pot ruled Cambodia. The country underwent mass starvation, and one in seven Cambodians were murdered. Industry disappeared. The educated, the engineers, and the teachers were singled out for death. By 1978, the Khmer Rouge were toppled, but peace in that benighted country really didn't occur until about 10 years ago. So in that light, take a look at the following picture:
This is from a pair of pajamas that were sitting under the christmas tree(size edited out to protect the beer-drinking). "Made in Cambodia." Cambodia had nowhere near the level of investment in its success as Afghanistan has right now. So the naysayers who say that Afghanistan is in collapse should hold their tongue. In a few years, that is where they will be buying their Air Jordans.
Posted by John Bono at January 2, 2003 12:28 AM | TrackBackPeople and the media love pointing out the problems in Afghanistan, but I think it has gone amazingly smoothly. There were what, 40,000 armed Talibani and Al Qaeda and today, they can manage to fire off a rocket or two aday. Hell, that's less than in LA.
Posted by: Jabba the Tutt on January 2, 2003 11:11 PMA rocket or two a day? Heck, that's less than Bakersfield.
Have you looked at who runs Cambodia now? Hun Sen is hardly someone to run around praising. Not to mention that the differences between Afghanistan and Cambodia, both culturally and politically, are so incredibly different as to be on a different planet.
Posted by: Henry Shieh on January 3, 2003 11:16 AMAir Jordans? Nah. Wool sweaters and nice trow rugs
Posted by: James A. Wolf on January 3, 2003 12:31 PMDon't forget Afghanistan's most important export: high-quality opium, now available again, thanks to our allies in the "Northern Alliance."
Posted by: James Galasyn on January 4, 2003 12:55 PMVerry interesting! But hardly something to get your dander up over. Hey, Cambodians need to make a living, too.
I don't buy expensive sneakers. I buy Reebocks(sic) on sale for twenty-five bucks. Not too shabby, I think. Converse, I can get for ten bucks.
Posted by: Steve Plonk on January 4, 2003 07:24 PM
