I couldn't agree more.
America invaded out of a fit of rage and vengeance and a show of power. It never made any sense from the beginning.
Once they got there, they "won" only by exploiting the nasty pieces of work in the Northern Alliance.
But most of the Northern Alliance warlords were not any better than the Taleban in their regard for Western values.
Despite seven years of propaganda for soccer moms in America, the burqua is universally worn outside Kabul, and it is worn by many in Kabul.
The Potemkin village schools are often closed as soon as they are opened. The local warlords do not want them, and the central government cannot even pay the teachers.
You cannot change the basic attitudes and beliefs of millions in a matter of years. It's a fool's idea.
It was all an extreme over-reaction from the beginning.
The threat represented by bin Laden's people (if indeed they even were responsible for 9/11 - a point not proved to this day) could have been handled with a more intelligent set of policies.
It's an absurd nightmare to have dumped so many resources and killed so many people in this country.
And now the maniacs are trying to destabilize Pakistan with their missile attacks in the name of protecting troops who shouldn't be in Afghanistan in the first place.
American achievements in Afghanistan
