On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Larry Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually because of the shrubbery's f*ckup the Taliban does rule a lot of > Afghanistan again. Most of the border provinces are under the effective > command of the Taliban or their allies. Kandahar, Helmund and Paktia to name > a few are more or less ruled by the Talib by night and not controlled by ANA > and coalition forces in the day. Moreover they are expanding their zone of > control into areas that have been relatively peaceful since the invasion. > > This really is a big part of Bush's legacy, a completely f*cked up war which > we are losing because of his stupid decision to invade Iraq.
To be fair, I don't know that you can say those regions wouldn't be ruled by the Taliban today if Bush had not gotten us into Iraq. I think Afghanistan would certainly be better off if we had not diverted our attention but that region is notoriously difficult to rule and hold. A central government-oriented, pro-West Democracy in Afghanistan was by no means a gimme regardless of the decisions made in the US. Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:295650 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
