An in-depth look at the war in Iraq and Afghanistan

Nir Rosen on "Aftermath: Following the Bloodshed of America’s Wars in the Muslim World". The book looks like a must read and this interview, though dense in subject matter, is extremely helpful in understanding the complex issues that underly Iraq and Afghanistan and their many and different cultural challenges. In the era of media soundbites about such massive issues, I found the mentally challenging subject matter a needed discipline in doing the work of understanding the wars. I know for many there is a war-fatigue and we would rather just change the channel. I too wrestle with that temptation. But as in the interview, when you have friends and family that might have their 'numbers erased from your phone' it's still important to keep the wars in the front and not the very back of the American cultures consciousness.