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To: TimF who wrote (274567)	2/15/2006 12:07:50 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573494

Signs of poverty are everywhere. Which is surprising for what reason? Afghanistan is and has been poor. I notice you bold all the negative parts of the article but not - That's because things are getting worse in Afghanistan. I bold the bad stuff because it neutralizes the good stuff and threatens the country's well being. This article by the Christian Science Monitor was posted yesterday to the thread by JF: Message 22165069 The CSM tries to be as neutral as possible and to present only the facts. The facts do not suggest a country on the mend......in fact, just the opposite. Suicide bombings have been increasing this past year; the Taliban has begun to once again flex its muscles; and opium has resumed its position as the nation's cash crop. Nation building is a tough process. Afghanistan alone could have assumed all our energy. And we have a worse mess in Iraq. And Tim, what happens in Iraq and Afghanistan will effect us here no matter what Bush and his chronies say. "School enrollment has soared from 900,000 to 5 million. Many of those students are girls attending classes for the first time in nearly a decade after being banned from studying by the hard-line Islamic Taliban. I am happy for the girls. Big deal. They will not save the country. Roads have been rebuilt, including one linking the cities of Mazar-e-Sharif in the north to Kabul in the center, Kandahar in the south and Herat in the west. And one of those roads has been destroyed. These are superficial remedies. Two national elections were held, one that saw Karzai elected as president and a second for a new parliament. A new currency has been introduced, and the economy is growing. Yup. In reality, Karzai controls Kabul and that's it. And more and more reports are coming out that his gov't is corrupt. Some 4.4 million refugees have returned home. Thousands of militiamen who fought against the Taliban or Soviet troops in the 1980s have been demobilized, while 33,000 soldiers have been recruited and trained for a new army." Again. So what?