Saturday, January 02, 2010

Big yellow taxi

When two superpowers take turns using another country as their kurukshetra what gets left behind is more than just rubble.

Exhibit A: Kabul 1969
Kabul in 1969 on Twitpic
Exhibit B: Kabul 2009, same location
Kabul, same view, 2009 on Twitpic

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2 comments:

Leela said...

Oh that's just sad.

6:47 PM
Jaunty Quicksand said...

Totally, L. There were a lot of photos along the same lines, but these stuck out for the sheer sadness and folly of it all.

2:02 PM

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