Failure in Afghanistan - Some Yardsticks
- Thousands of ordinary Afghan men, women and children have been killed.
- There are no credible or palpable signs of improvement for Afghan citizens.
- Afghans' social and political structure is no better than it was before.
- Election results are being overturned in the courts
- The Taliban are stronger than ever
- The Taliban are growing.
- Billions have been spent in the various initiatives as bad money has been thrown after even worse money.
Is the death of Osama Bin Laden a step forward? Only in the spin war. It gives Obama some bragging rights and a few more soundbites for a spurious 'Mission Accomplished' routine. The drawdown is a charade. Unfortunately for the Afghans the Americans are going nowhere.
O is a joke to any sane person.
ReplyDeleteHe is offensive to any rational mind.
They are all at a loss for words, because they can not find "peace with honor".
You can not stay in a place where you should have not been in the first place.
This should have been the first lesson learned from Nam.
Did they learn. HELL NO !!
Will they learn? HELL NO ! ! !