The milestone was when Bush put Karzai in power and refused to share power with the Northern Alliance, while claimng that the US army did all the fighting, when in fact, what enabled a quick victory in Afghanistan was PRECISELY the local credible fighting force.

I expected a coalition, but Bush the IMPERIAL WIZARD would have none of that. He will not share his toys.

We lost, right then and there.

I remember the pontifical and foolish lectures on televison by neocons of how they would have an emergent leader (from the top down)! What a LOAD! You don't nation build without a credible local force, and even then, you can hardly do it.

Reality BITES.