Afghanistan War

Juan Cole writes in Karzai Attacked in Kabul Informed Comment blog 04/27/08:

Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped unharmed from a guerrilla assassination attempt on Sunday.

US politicians who keep saying that Afghanistan is the good war would be well advised to consider whether the mission there is actually clear, whether it can be accomplished, and whether it is worth blood and treasure. Afghanistan is an enormous, rugged country riven with tribal and ethnic rivalries, and standing up a strong central state friendly to US and European interests is not going to be easy.

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