Wednesday, April 07, 2004
Well, There's Still Afghanistan To Feel Good About
Much more to say about Iraq, but listening to Rumsfeld's afternoon news conference, yes, we're finally sending more troops, made me so angry, I have to calm down before I can have anything sensible to say.
So, let's look at the good news from Afghanistan. No, not this. Or this. Or this.
The good news is that an official report has bubbled up to the surface of media consciousness that lays out specifically the ways in which the Bush administration went for a quick, cheap, dirty victory against the Taliban, and achieved almost nothing of lasting value, not even any certainty that the Taliban is truly vanquished.
I know you knew that, but this story puts the issue back in play.
Better news even than that, Sy Hersh is all over the report, the retired military man who wrote it, and you know what that means.
Everything you ever suspected about bribing war lords and not giving a damn about putting Afghanistan back together is true.
Go read.
So, let's look at the good news from Afghanistan. No, not this. Or this. Or this.
The good news is that an official report has bubbled up to the surface of media consciousness that lays out specifically the ways in which the Bush administration went for a quick, cheap, dirty victory against the Taliban, and achieved almost nothing of lasting value, not even any certainty that the Taliban is truly vanquished.
I know you knew that, but this story puts the issue back in play.
Better news even than that, Sy Hersh is all over the report, the retired military man who wrote it, and you know what that means.
Everything you ever suspected about bribing war lords and not giving a damn about putting Afghanistan back together is true.
Go read.
