

Now Eikenberry is a PhD in poli sci, fluent in Mandarin & English, a capable modern man... but why is he sending cables? Don't they have telephones, email, 'the internets' (it IS a series of tubes you know!)?? Sending Cables... really?

Having read Rashid's tomes on Afghanistan, and the mess that is Pakistan-FATA-Kashmir-Afghanistan-Former-Soviet-Republics-Iran...
I cannot really disagree with the substance of Eikenberry's communications, but cables? Really?
It's because "cables" sounds more like macho militaristic lingo. Makes him sound like he's sweating in a dimly lit bunker, tapping out an urgent message.
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