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Just this week, both the president and General Petraus made the astounding assessment that America and NATO are losing the war in Afghanistan. After eight years of fighting and attempting to rebuild that country, we are failing.

If you haven’t heard what Sarah Chayes, founder of the Arghand Cooperative, has to say about how to get out of this mess, here is a link to a guest interview she did on the Rachel Maddow Show this past Tuesday.

In the brief segment, Sarah advocates for making the Taliban irrelevant instead of working to defeat them on the battlefield or subvert them by negotiating with willing elements.  Both solutions have been floated by the new administration, though Obama has said that a larger military presence is certain.

Sarah also described the life and death struggle of everyday life for Arghand’s members.  I hope you watch her interview.  We’re all concerned about the future of the country as well as the little cooperative we’ve come to know and love through the wonderful soap they make.

I hope you watch this enlightening interview.

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