Wednesday 22 June 2011

Revolving Doors In Afghanistan

In Iraq Bush, Blair and later Brown used to spin the normal rotation of tours of duty by drawing attention to the numbers coming home at a given time. I wonder if the US media will keep an eye on whether Obama is doing this with his 'drawdown' speech. At Afghanistan War we don't really care. We believe America is staying in Afghanistan because they have painted themselves into an infernal corner. They are afraid of who will replace their brand of chaos with another. As usual, the ordinary, poor local people are the victims of US foreign policy. This clip (it's from News International) forgets to mention the civilian victims of course.

1 comment:

  1. Afghanistan is the essence of strategic dilemma - in too deep to stay and leave. The White House should have kept expectations lower, but that's all part of its dilemma.

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