Compare and contrast Iraq and Afghanistan wars

Iraq and Afghanistan wars

What do President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan and Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi have in common, and whar are similarities and differences between Iraq and Afghanistan war.

They are both from, but not necessarily representative of, their nation's majority communities, which Washington is trying to marginalize without saying so aloud.

In Afghanistan, America is at war with the Pushtuns. In Iraq, it's at war with one faction of the Shiites, represented by the radical Moqtada al-Sadr, while not being at peace with the moderates represented by Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. The defining feature ...