Quote Originally Posted by davidbfpo View Post
Catching up after a gap and KOW recommends a HBO documentary, broadcast 23rd February, made by a British journalist, Ben Anderson:

The article has a long critique of Tom Ricks too:http://kingsofwar.org.uk/2011/02/hbo...n-afghanistan/

Link to HBO (not available in the UK alas):http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/the.../synopsis.html

Anyone able to comment on the programme? Plus pointers to if it has appeared elsewhere for non-US viewers! Thanks.

Update: this HBO programme appears to be a re-titled edition of a BBC-TV Panorama documentary, which focussed on Sangin, not Marjah (thanks to a JMA posting on the UK in Afg thread and a link to YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A6AJteEwdg
Here's a link to the documentary on the Channel 4 website so U.K residents can wathc it http://www.channel4.com/programmes/d...es/4od#3142827