There’s an interview about YOLD and a look back at “To Afghanistan and Back” eight years later with Chicago Red Eye newspaper.
From the lede:
“It was a disaster. Like Bush, he didn’t have anything new to say–just more of the same. There’s no end in sight, no point to the carnage to come, and still no reason to be in Afghanistan. Obama reminds me of Nazi Germany. Here’s how: Even at the bitter end, the Germans were using trains they needed to transport troops to the front for the Holocaust instead. It was pure insanity! The U.S. is dead broke, possibly on the way out, just like the USSR–and we’re expanding an optional war? What the hell is wrong with Obama? What the hell is wrong with us for putting up with him?”
That was the response I got from Ted Rall when I asked him for his thoughts on President Obama’s address about Afghanistan this week. A provocative statement to say the least, but Rall is quite accustomed to saying things that people may not want to hear.
