Why Does the US Think it Can Win in Afghanistan?
By Robert Fisk
Back in 2001, we won the war in Afghanistan by overthrowing the Taliban. Then we marched off to win the war in Iraq. Now - with at least one suicide bombing a day and the nation carved up into mutually antagonistic sectarian enclaves - we have won the war in Iraq and are heading back to re-win the war in Afghanistan where the Taliban, so thoroughly trounced by our chaps seven years ago, have proved their moral and political bankruptcy by recapturing half the country.
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Back in 2001, we won the war in Afghanistan by overthrowing the Taliban. Then we marched off to win the war in Iraq. Now - with at least one suicide bombing a day and the nation carved up into mutually antagonistic sectarian enclaves - we have won the war in Iraq and are heading back to re-win the war in Afghanistan where the Taliban, so thoroughly trounced by our chaps seven years ago, have proved their moral and political bankruptcy by recapturing half the country.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20818.htm
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=bankruptcy
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Fisk
rudkla - 21. Sep, 09:17
