Mission Unraveling
As the Bush Administration continues to pat itself on the back for its successes in the Global War on Terror, err, I mean War Against Islamic Fascists, Afghanistan continues to slip back into Taliban control.
Afghanistan's southern provinces are now producing record crops of opium amounting to 92% of the world's supply. Much of which fueling the Taliban.
In response to the problem, the Bush Administration's answer is to fund the fledgling Afghan goverment's efforts to eradicate the crops rather than taking matters into their own hands.
I thought we had learned our lesson when it comes to outsourcing in Afghanistan. If we'd had the backbone to handle the Tora Bora conflict ourselves during the invasion, instead of making the locals do it, we might have captured Osama bin Laden then.
When will the administration learn that Americans still support what we did in Afghanistan -- it's the one gold star on their report card. They need to retake ownership of the problem before it becomes another embarrassment.
Oh, and if the administration is reading this, more troops in Afghanistan means more troops on Iran's border.
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