This administration has demonstrated its inability to find Osama bin Laden (remember him?). Why? This administration took weapons, troops, and materials from Afghanistan and diverted them to Iraq. Now bad things are developing in Afghanistan---
CBS News
Taliban militants overran a district in southern Afghanistan and are pushing for control of another key area, sparking fierce clashes with NATO and Afghan forces that have left more than 100 people dead over three days, officials said Tuesday.
Hundreds of Taliban fighters launched raids on police posts near the strategic town of Chora in Uruzgan province Saturday, forcing NATO, backed by fighter jets, to respond. Fighting was continuing Tuesday, and some officials reported there have been dozens of civilian casualties.....
What a mess!!!!
Meanwhile, in Iraq--
Yahoo News:
The U.S. military deployed 10,000 soldiers backed by attack helicopters in an offensive against al Qaeda north of Baghdad on Tuesday, in one of the biggest operations since the invasion of Iraq in 2003....
What would have happened if those 10,000 soldiers had been sent to Afghanistan? We will never know. In the meantime, any high-ranking military brass that disagrees with Bush's military plans, is forced to retire or is fired. It appears that the Pentagon has lost many very experienced military officers because they did not agree with Bush and his buddies, the neo-cons, and views of how to wage war.
