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To: JohnM who wrote (91970)	4/10/2003 4:44:30 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The reason our failure in Afghanistan is not news, is because all attention has been on Iraq, since shortly after we did Regime Change in Afghanistan. And, shortly, attention will shift to Iran or Syria or N. Korea, so nobody will care about the Iraqi aftermath. All the promises made before the war, were for the purpose of solidifying support for the war. That was their only purpose. This process is endless; there will always be a Crisis, an Other to focus our national hatred on. We live from crisis to crisis, and have very short memories.

To: JohnM who wrote (91970)	4/10/2003 6:12:31 PM
From: KyrosL	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Afghanistan is sad and alarming. And there is so little discussion about it. Just the odd article here and there that ominously describes a return of the conditions that bred the Taliban back in the early nineties. Nobody gives a sh*t. Heck, the administration even "forgot" to include any aid in their first budget draft, and when somebody noticed, they threw a pitiful bone. Only a tiny fraction of the aid promised by our allies materialized, and nobody seems to be complaining other than the hapless officials in Kabul. Meanwhile, the heroin industry, under warlord control, is returning to its pre-Taliban glory. Hopefully the oil in Iraq will prevent a similar policy failure there. Kyros