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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: bentway who wrote (689437)7/1/2005 10:53:13 PM
From: CalculatedRisk  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769667
 
Afghan Progress in Danger of Unraveling
news.yahoo.com

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghanistan was held up as an example of U.S.-led nation-building just three months ago. But that optimism has succumbed to near-daily ambushes, bombings, execution-style killings and this week's downing of a U.S. military helicopter

From U.S. and U.N. officials to Afghan villagers, fear is growing that this country may be at a seminal moment — with the barrage of violence in danger of overwhelming three years of state-building.

MY COMMENT: Bush is trying to lose the real war too.
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