Posted By: Nick
Little known fact: the United States is actually fighting TWO wars right now. There’s the one we all know about, in Iraq, and then there’s this whole other war in a place called Afghanistan. Amazing, huh?
Well, as it turns out, that other war isn’t going too well these days. The Taliban and Al Qaeda have regrouped in Pakistan and are causing all sorts of headaches for everyone in the region. The NYTimes thinks its about time that sodid something about this problem.
Both countries have a common and increasingly urgent interest in rolling back the power of Al Qaeda and the Taliban and working together to promote democracy and development in Pakistan. President Bush needs to persuade Pakistan’s leaders of that — and he needs to do it now, before Al Qaeda and the Taliban get any stronger.
For 6 years Bush has not done this. I’m sure nothing is going to change for his last 6 months in office. Hopefully the next president will actually do something useful.
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I actually had the opporunity to speak with Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) Executive Director Paul Rieckhoff and former Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson about the situation in Afghanistan. They had some amazing insight, and its easy to replace the name of the country with that of Forgotistan– the country the Bush Administration has forgotten. One of the biggest things we could do to help the men & women out there is to write our elected officials and demand that the troops on the ground receive the equipment and support they deserve.
One of the biggest failures of the Bush Administration was the execution of the war in Afghanistan. They were intent on Iraq and so held back on the number of troops sent to Afghanistan. This was why they couldn’t secure the borders and make sure that bin Laden and the rest of Al Qaeda and the Taliban couldn’t escape. We’re now paying for that mistake. Al Qaeda is purported to be as strong as it was when it executed the 9/11 attacks.
Most Democrats are even forgetful when they talk about Osama and Afghanistan. If Dems actually WANTED to win elections, they would be asking “Why isn’t bin Laden dead?” every time a Republican incumbent puffs his/her chest out and plays the patriot-game.
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