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DESCRIPTION:Peace Action of San Mateo County will present Dr. Conn Hallinan, an analyst 
 for Foreign Policy in Focus. Dr. Hallinan will speak about what he calls 
 "The Afghan Rubik's Cube." He will discuss the complexity of the situation 
 in Afghanistan - historically called and regarded the "graveyard of 
 empires" - to which President Obama is preparing to send 21,000 
 troops.\n\nWriting for an article on the FPIF web site, Hallinan likens the 
 situation in Afghanistan to "that frustrating puzzle of intersecting blocks 
 that only works when everything fits perfectly. The trick for the Obama 
 administration is to figure out how to solve the puzzle in a timeframe 
 rapidly squeezed by events both internal and external of that war-torn 
 central Asian nation." Whether by its former name of the "global war on 
 terror" or Obama's new label, "Overseas Contingency Operation," Hallinan is 
 one of many who view the basis for this new strategy for Afghanistan with a 
 skeptic's eye. He will share his skepticism and his extensive knowledge of 
 Afghanistan at 7:30 PM on Friday, May 15.\n\nNow retired, Dr. Conn Hallinan 
 is a longtime journalist and academic who ran the journalism program at UC 
 Santa Cruz for 23 years, where he was also a provost. He has a PhD in 
 Anthropology from UC Berkeley - as well as an award from Project Censored, 
 which annually chooses what it considers to be the 10 most underreported 
 stories of the year. Hallinan's journalism career spanned 40 years. Foreign 
 Policy in Focus is part of the Institute for Policy Studies.\n\nAdmission 
 is free. The UU is wheelchair accessible.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/28/18591689.php
SUMMARY:Dr. Conn Hallinan speaks on 'The Afghan Rubik's Cube'
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo\n300 E. Santa Inez\nSan Mateo, CA 
 94401\n\nhttp://www.uusanmateo.org/
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/28/18591689.php
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