Doug Feith and Pashtun Poetry

Who knew Doug Feith had a soft spot for traditional Pashtun tribal poetry? This fairly ridiculous column in the NYT suggests that the US needs to do more to counteract the Pakistani Taliban's reign of terror against Sufiism and traditional tribal culture. On the face of it, fair enough. But coming from Feith it's amazinly brazen given his role in the run-up to and mishandling of the Iraq war and more than slightly odd that he sees this as the most vital tactic the US needs to be engaging in.