The Price Of Bush's Arrogance And Incompetence
Barack Obama has an uphill battle ahead in Afghanistan thanks to the arrogance and incompetence of the Bush administration. We all remember the American people supporting Bush's invasion of Afghanistan after the September 11th attacks. Unfortunately, as we all also remember, Bush's "error in judgement" took us from possible victory in Afghanistan to the quagmire in Iraq.
Now the Taliban has strengthened to levels beyond 9/11 and they are the aggressors in Afghanistan again:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20081211/wl_time/08599186573000
History won't be kind to the Bush administration. It will be shown to be the worst in American history. But it's not Bush's legacy that concerns me... It's the American lives which will continue to be lost as we re-enter Afghanistan in order to slow the violence of a resurgent Taliban and Al Queda.
It will be wonderful to have competent, intelligent leadership again in the executive branch. But can the new administration overcome the mistakes caused by the previous one and bring stability to a region which seems to thrive on turmoil? Time will tell.
Now the Taliban has strengthened to levels beyond 9/11 and they are the aggressors in Afghanistan again:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20081211/wl_time/08599186573000
History won't be kind to the Bush administration. It will be shown to be the worst in American history. But it's not Bush's legacy that concerns me... It's the American lives which will continue to be lost as we re-enter Afghanistan in order to slow the violence of a resurgent Taliban and Al Queda.
It will be wonderful to have competent, intelligent leadership again in the executive branch. But can the new administration overcome the mistakes caused by the previous one and bring stability to a region which seems to thrive on turmoil? Time will tell.
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I'm gonna tell you how to go back and edit your post and embed the link. To go back and edit, just click my name and look for the blog on helpful hints for blogging with the new system. And maybe you'll look for the link icon, highlight what you want to link, then past the url into the box that opens up when you click the link icon.
Gotta run. Good luck!
December 11, 2008 10:48 AM | Reply | Permalink
Ok TheraP. But If I am not back in three days, I fell in and someone must be notified.
December 11, 2008 5:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
But can the new administration overcome the mistakes caused by the previous one and bring stability to a region which seems to thrive on turmoil? Time will tell.
I had heard a few months ago that PE Obama was considering talks with the Taliban, a strategy that Gen. Petraeus also possibly endorsed. Since then, I haven't heard of anything along those lines.
December 12, 2008 2:41 AM | Reply | Permalink
And to keep dickday out of any black holes :-), here is how to make a url a link. Spaces or lack of them and quotation marks are important in the following tip:
<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20081211/wl_time/08599186573000">url a link - or whatever you want to type goes here.</a>
December 12, 2008 2:43 AM | Reply | Permalink
Here's the problem. To make a link in a post is different from making it in a comment. In the comment, you simply include the url and it posts as a link. To make one in a post, you need to use the "link icon" and then past the url into the little box - and of course you need to highlight the text you want to link. (if that makes any sense)
dickday.... we'll be looking for you!
December 12, 2008 10:12 AM | Reply | Permalink