Afghanistan- six years on

[Silent Hunter]

It's been six years since the start of Operation Enduring Freedom.

I read an interesting article in Christian Aid Magazine yesterday, pointing out that attacks on aid workers had doubled in recent years and blaming military-run aid projects for it.

[Padfoot]

I read an article today about how the US is anticipating a long stay there.  The article talked about the expansion of what was supposed to be a temporary base and the fact that the Bush administration underestimated the amount of time, resources, ect. that would be needed to quash the Taliban and Al-Qeada.  One of the people interviewed said that the Bush team only had eyes fro Iraq to begin with.

If only we had just stayed on course in Afghanistan instead of trying to wage a global war on terror we might be in a completely different place right now.

[StateBoiler]

I think one of the problems is that Hamid Karzai is the head of Afghanistan, but as far as the land he can capably govern with the help of the U.S. military forces, he's pretty much just the Mayor of Kabul.