Wasnt Afghanistan Supposed To Be A Success Story

Newer PostOlder PostT H U R S D A Y , A U G U S T 1 8 , 2 0 0 5Wasn't Afghanistan Supposed To Be A"Success" Story?by Michael in New York on 8/18/2005 10:33:00 AMThe Times of London reports on that forgotten country's sinkinto despair:Nearly four years after the defeat of the Taleban, efforts torebuild Afghanistan face a real and worrying risk offailure?, the British Government has concluded.Terrorism remains an ever-present threat.</p><p> Opiumproduction is spreading.</p><p> Large parts of the country'sinfrastructure are in tatters and United Nations targets forimproving basic services such as education and water willnot be met.Don't annoy Bush by bringing this up.</p><p> He still thinks Afghanistan --which slipped his mind about a week after Bin Laden slipped away --is just dandy.</p><p> Add New CommentYou are commenting as a Guest.</p><p> You may select one to log into: Logged in as Logout from DISQUSLogged in asusing Facebook Connect (Logout)Type your comment here.</p><p> Use Media ▼Community Page Subscribe by emailTrackback URL http://americablog.disqus.com/wasnt_afghanistan_supposed_to_be_a_success_story/trackback/blog comments powered by DisqusHome Daily KosSpecter, Sestak to Visit Netroots Nation - I amthrilled to announce that on Friday, August 14,Sen.</p><p> Arlen Specter and Rep.</p><p> Joseph Sestak will bejoining us at Netroots Nation 2009 for aPennsylva...3 minutes agoPolitical WireMcCain Lawyers Investigated Obama Citizenship -As we asked earlier this week, if questions overPresident Obama's citizenship were valid, wouldn'tthey have come out during the presidentialcampaign? D...6 minutes agoHuffPost PoliticsMichael J.</p><p> O'Neil: The Gates/Crowley RorschachTest - Was this an instance of racial profiling? DidGates overreact to a reasonable police request?The truth is that we simply do not have enoughinformation to ...24 minutes agoThink ProgressLimbaugh: Obama has a ‘chip on his shoulder’because he’s ‘black.’ - In an interview with FoxNews’ Greta Van Susteren last night, right-wingradio host Rush Limbaugh said President Obamawas more “passionate” during Wednesd...24 minutes agoMatthew YglesiasBlogging as a Vocation - Alyssa Rosenberg onJ O H N ' S P H OT O S G AY P O L I T I C S Visit our new gay politicssection, AMERICAblog Gay.F E E D S Blog RSS AMERICAblog TV RSS Twitter RSSTwitter Feed Get the blog by email: Subscribe me! AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Wasn't...http://www.americablog.com/2005/08/wasnt-afghanistan-suppo... 1 of 27/24/09 6:35 PMbeing a writer: My experience has been, as DanielStrauss says, that people become artists, or in thecase of journalists, artisans (I ...37 minutes agoShow AllA M E R I C A B L O G T V Visit our AMERICAblog TV site.see all 326 videos >I collect with vodpod Judge order San Diego toget rid of the seals Massive brawl in SouthKorean parliament Mormons may havesecretly baptized Medieval helpdesk withEnglish subtitles The Taco Bell dog hasdied In honor of SenatorDeMintNext 6AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Wasn't...http://www.americablog.com/2005/08/wasnt-afghanistan-suppo... 2 of 27/24/09 6:35 PM