Afghanistan Public-Relations Alert: "We Had to Destroy This Village So We Could Rebuild It"

The tone in the article in the US military's Stars and Stripes is the familiar of the upbeat, as General David Petraeus, the commander of US forces, addresses villagers in Kandahar Province in southern Afghanistan.

But there is a twist in the headline: "Petraeus Promises Villagers US Will Rebuild What It Has Knocked Down". 

That's right: the people addressed by Petraeus about their "truly unique opportunity" are in the special position of having no village.

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