Lessons from every war is that the victor must plan for the peace long before war is over AND that the first year so determines how that peace will befall all parties. Well, because American leadership is based in mental midgets who did not even know basic concepts from 500 B.C. , Afghanistan is now obviously what was reported even here in the Cellar on November 2005 in
Morality and February 2006 in
Bush's Shrinking Safety Zone
From the BBC of 8 September 2006:
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Afghan force 'needs more troops'
Brigadier Ed Butler said his troops were being attacked up to a dozen times a day but their morale remained high.
"The intensity and ferocity of the fighting is far greater than in Iraq on a daily basis," Brig Butler told the UK's ITV News programme.
He said British forces had been involved in "fighting that is up close and personal" that at times included hand-to-hand combat.
Earlier, Nato's top commander, Gen James Jones, said the alliance had been taken aback by the scale of violence in the region.
But he predicted that the coming weeks would be decisive in the fight against the insurgents.
Commanders on the ground had asked for several hundred additional troops and more helicopters and airlift, he said.
"We are talking about modest reinforcements," he told reporters at Nato European headquarters in Belgium.
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20,000 NATO troops and it is no longer sufficient. BBC reporters traveled only 10 miles outside Kabul to interview large Taliban forces. "Mission Accomplished" is going that badly.
Are they Al Qaeda? Well if I opened a hardware store and wanted others to join my business, then I would call myself Sears Hardware, Home Depot, or Lowes. Everybody loves a winner - especially when George Jr fears to go after its leader five years later. Anyone who wants to hate America would call themselves Al Qaeda for obvious reasons. (Then a mental midget president lies; call them an international terrorist network.)
Afghanistan is now moving towards anything that is anti-American. Years after Afghanistan was conquered, the US did not even begin promised upgrades to Kabul's water system. Situation normal for a George Jr that sees all solutions only in military conquests. Welcome to another quagmire. And this time we dragged Europe and Canada into our mess.