President Bush and the White House made a lot of promises to help stabilize and rebuild Afghanistan but often didn’t deliver on them as their focus shifted to Iraq. There were also strategic mistakes in Afghanistan, the New York Times reported, such as former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld failing “to anticipate the need for more forces after the old government was gone,” just as he did in Iraq. The result now: “Like Osama bin Laden and his deputies, the Taliban had found refuge in Pakistan and regrouped as the American focus wavered,” the Times reported. “Taliban fighters seeped back over the border, driving up the suicide attacks and roadside bombings by as much as 25 percent this spring, and forcing NATO and American troops into battles to retake previously liberated villages in southern Afghanistan.”
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Bushco’s propaganda is what put Bin Laden back on the map. They need him now that the American People’s patience is running thin about the “Neocon/Zonist PNAC Plan”
Too much money and too many American lives and for what good reason?
Yup, no s***, Phillip.
Maybe if you people in the media hadn’t been beating the war drums as hard and fast as you could, the American people could have seen the invasion and occupation of Iraq for what it was — an opportunity for controlling MidEast oil under the pretext of the “war on terror.”
Who is she working for?
http://www.aipac.org/
An Opportunity for what?
“Maybe if you people in the media hadn’t been beating the war drums as hard and fast as you could, the American people could have seen” the need to keep our strength in Afghanistan and focused on that devil Bin Laden.
(half stolen)
Bush is on a Messianic Mission and who are we poor mortals not to cheer him on to glory?
1. Me
2.
Eagle Beak–
What’s your point?
That’s exactly what I was saying.
Ever noticed how all of us “America haters” fully support the war in Afghanistan?
Even the FRENCH support that coalition and their troops are there too.
Everything Bush does turns to shit; but as Cal would say it’s because the Dems. are “Invested in Bush’s failure”, thus Bush can not bear responsibility.
Capn,
You put a different slant on it than I did. The focus shifted in your post from Afghan to Iraq.
I agree with you on media responsibility. Particularly with Afghan. They have LEFT the country! Very few and only minor news people left.
If they would have kept the focus on that war, maybe the people and government would have too.
Not arguing with you on this one. Agreed with you 1.5 times today.
Bush knows the real threat to America is not terrorist; but Rogue Nations with Nukes. That’s been his focus (ostensibly) from day one, and bush is not one to change his position.He really has no clue on fighting terrorism.
Duh,, the reason we went to war with Iraq to start with.. all inteligence showed Iraq still had WMD’s which could be sold to terrorist.. and when they get into Seria and Iraq you will find the ones that were shipped from Iraq before the war started..
Good One BG!
Phantom I’m serious..I have read on this blog all kinds of conspiracy theorys, with no evidence to back it up. So this is my new stance.. they had the WMD’s and shipped them out before the war..
Duh, all intelligence showed Iraq had WMD. There wasn’t any that said they didn’t. Trust us on that. If you say otherwise we will tell everyone your wife works for the CIA and is a specialist in WMD counter-proliferation.
That’s some mighty twisted logic. I never take foreign policy advice from someone who can’t spell Syria.
sorry mr perfect. I will ask permission next time I post..
Everyone thought Iraq had WMD’s. Believe that has been debunked numerous times. Now, if you wish to re-phrase as All Bushies knew Iraq had WMD’s I’d concede the point.
2.?
When the Israelis dreamed-up the “terrorist thing” to cover-up massacring the Palestinians, they had no idea it would become the engine which drives the US Military and a household word for ignorant Americans.
But even Coca Cola had to start somewhere…
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
A Presidency goes better with Terroristic fear!
(To paraphrase the Coke slogan)
Now bush is ready to declare an entire nations military as “Terrorist”. It’s such a convenient tool for a pres.!
I know! Hillary and us evil Libs can’t wait to have all the powers that dummo Bush is giving us!
Looks like the Mercenaries may have screwed up again, outsourcing a war does have its drawbacks!U.S. hunts al-Qaida in Afghanistan By RAHIM FAIEZ, Associated Press Writer2 hours, 5 minutes ago
BAGRAMI, Afghanistan – Hundreds of U.S.-led troops have launched an offensive against al-Qaida and Taliban militants in an area of eastern Afghanistan where Osama bin Laden once hid, officials said Wednesday.
ADVERTISEMENTA bomb attack near the capital, meanwhile, killed three German police officers assigned to protect their country’s embassy, and a British national was shot and killed in Kabul.
The offensive involving ground troops and airstrikes in Tora Bora region of eastern Nangarhar province is targeting “hundreds of foreign fighters” who are using dug-in fighting positions, said coalition spokeswoman Capt. Vanessa Bowman.
The remote mountainous area bordering Pakistan was heavily bombarded in late 2001 by U.S. troops hunting bin Laden and his associates following the Sept. 11 attacks.
“This region has provided an ideal environment to conceal enemy support bases and training sites, as well as plan and launch attacks aimed at terrorizing innocent civilians, both inside and outside the region,” Bowman said in a statement released later Wednesday by the Pentagon.
There were no immediate reports of casualties among militants or U.S. and Afghan troops.
Sensitive to criticism over rising civilian casualties in Afghanistan, U.S officials said they had carefully chosen targets for air strikes.
The bomb that killed the three Germans wounded a fourth, officials said.
The explosion near the two-vehicle convoy, which was traveling on an unpaved road about six miles southeast of Kabul, turned one of the two vehicles onto its side and left it badly damaged.
Afghanistan has suffered nearly three decades of civil war and conflict, and is one of the most heavily mined countries in the world.
The British Embassy would not disclose the identity of the British national who was shot and killed, or the circumstances leading up to the death.
Zemari Bashary, an Interior Ministry spokesman, said police arrested two Afghan men suspected in the slaying.
The suspects and victim were employees of ArmorGroup, a private security company protecting a number of Afghan and international clients, including the British Embassy in Kabul, Bashary said.
Separately, U.S.-led coalition and Afghan troops clashed with militants in central Logar province on Tuesday, killing nine suspected militants, the Interior Ministry said. No police or coalition troops were wounded in the clash, it said.
2?, Ed? Only 2?
I think even some uncritical supporters of Zionist Israel have absolutely HAD IT with Rev. Bush’s crusade, Sir Dude.
The real question: What comes next? However, that may have to wait–Ted Rall pointed out the obvious. . it’s not over. . :
http://www.gocomics.com/rallcom/2007/08/02/
Um, we told you so?
Looks like they’re getting to do a tora bora repeat.
Bush was never really into the Al Quadea and Ben Laden thing anyway. He has other priorities such as Halliburton and the oil. Ben Laden just served as a conduit for Bush to do what he and Cheney had secretly planned to do all along. And I think it is totally plausible that they were both aware that 9-11 was going to happen and they let it happen so they could put their plan into action.