The Sunday New York Times has a penetrating article on how we lost the initiative in the war in Afghanistan against al Qaeda - - the al Qaeda that attacked us on 9/11, not the phony al Qaeda in Iraq that Bushit is trying to paint as the major insurgent force there.
Presuming that al Qaeda and its allies the Taliban were a spent force, major intelligence and special forces resources were shifted to the attack on Iraq by the Bush Assministration. Now, the situation in Afghanistan is deteriorating fast, and the Karzai government is in fragile shape. Karzai was recently praising Iran for being "a helper" in Afghanistan, a clear sign that they're hedging their bets. Additionally, the U.S. doesn't have the reserve units or National Guard troops to assign to Afghanistan, with the Army and Marines stretched to the breaking point, so there's little to be done.
Heckuva job, Dumbya.
(h/t Rising Hegemon)
