GERALD MAXEY Writer, Director, Producer holds a B.A. from the University of Southern California and a M.A. from San Francisco State University in Creative Writing. He has traveled extensively to over 27 countries, and worked for the US government as a futurist. He authored the novel, CODES, about the Coyotero Apaches in New Mexico based on his experiences as a VISTA volunteer. He has Written and Directed the film festival movie, VENICE BEACH SKETCHES, an episodic drama about the decline of the American male as a heroic figure. He helped co found the WHITMORE/LINDLEY THEATER COMPLEX in North Hollywood, California and has had the following plays produced in Los Angeles, HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES, ROCOCO, TEXTURE OF INNOCENCE, and MOMMIE DEAREST or how Richard Gere taught me everything I know about life.  His future film projects include FORLORN HOPE, which he co-authored, about three young Los Angeles School Teachers, CHARLIE’S ANGLES MEETS BLACKBOARD JUNGLE, a John Ford

Afghanistan itself is another creation of Imperial Britain. It was created artificially by a line drawn on the map by an English Imperialist,  in this case, Mortimer Durand. There has always been a rump Afghanistan centered around Kabul; but the present configuration of Afghanistan is a fake,  created by Durand when he sat in a room, and drew a line on a map which created modern Afghanistan. In doing so he  divided the Pashtun tribe. Before the Durand Line, there was no border between Afghanistan and British ruled India(now Pakistan); so the Pashtuns could  move easily around. Once that line was drawn, the Pashtuns were split between two nations, through no fault, nor desire nor  reason of their own. That Readers is Colonialism, and we are getting killed to support that? in 2012? The Taliban is Pashtun. The reason that the Pakistanis won't come down on them is that Pakistan has many Pashtuns in its Army Establishment. The solution, rather than fight an ongoing col