...to read he is going to escalate the war in Afganistan. The main reason is that the government there is corrupt and we shouldn't be turning anything over to Karzi.

...we simply do not belong there, neither did the british nor the russians, we are no different. To get a good perspective on how these people live and function read the 4 or 5-part series by David Rohde of the NYT's about his being kidnapped...