A tale about Afghanistan from long ago rings true today

The West’s own debacle of Afghanistan is now ending, with much the same result as the British and the Russians. The tragedy is that each invader thinks it will do better.

Recounting his godfather’s ‘fishbowl’ tale, Andrew Caddell writes that the winners in Afghanistan will prove to be the Chinese and the Pakistanis, who have openly cultivated the Taliban.Screenshot courtesy of YouTube/BBC

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

August 18, 2021

KAMOURASKA, QUE.—My godfather, Lucius “Lou” Packard was my father’s closest childhood friend, and even in their 90s, they kept in touch. Lou was born in the Montreal suburb of Lachine and was an accomplished athlete and student. He chose to attend Royal Military College in the early 1930s. A...

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