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By: Don Bacon

Don Bacon — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 05:04:08 +0000

In the photo, I recognize Ward, but who’s the guy on the left?

By: Ward

Ward — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:42:21 +0000

Hey, mang, I don’t need no WaPo writer to look like a stooge. I do that just fine on my own.

By: j house

j house — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:56:29 +0000

Re Don’s comment, I’m not a big fan of the President but I will say the US presidency should never be a popularity contest…that is what gave us Clinton in ’96 and his refusal to make tough choices when the AQ threat was growing. If you are a popular President in this country after 7 years service, you aren’t doing your job, especially at a time of war.
Imagine how popular the President would have been had he slashed the US budget in line with his tax cuts the past 7 years…ok, he would have been popular with fiscal conservatives, but those folks that deem him ‘unpopular’ today would have hated him even worse.
It is all a matter of individual perspective, Don.

By: mang

mang — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:40:19 +0000

Whatever, man. That’s hardly the only reason, or even a main reason, for the growing insecurity in Afghanistan.
Anyway, I can’t decide whether Abramowitz wants to make Ward Carroll look like a stooge or not. I thought his article was pretty neutral, rather than specifically pro-Bush.

By: Wren Mandagorn

Wren Mandagorn — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:09:51 +0000

Hey Don,
Just a small correction.
The US is in Afghanistan as both part of NATO and also has around 15,000 troops based in the North of the country NOT tasked with NATO.
Secondly the growing insecurity is the fault of many NATO countries not allowing there forces to actually fight. In the most dangerous areas only the UK, US and Canada are allowing there forces to do the job properly, but other NATO countries are not allowing there forces to assist, and in many cases are not supplying even simple assistance such as helicopters and transport aircraft sorely needed by the 3 nations.

By: Don Bacon

Don Bacon — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 05:08:43 +0000

Yo American G,
Welcome to politicstech.org
The US isn’t in Afghanistan, NATO is and the US is a part of it. Six years after the Northern Alliance and the US overthrew the Taliban government that we previously supported, NATO is failing in its mission to rout the Taliban and al-Qaeda. There is growing insecurity not only in the countryside but in Kabul.
Consider that an American Embassy staffer in Kabul going to the U.S. Agency for International Development office across the street is required to use an underground tunnel that links the two compounds.
So the US is now preparing to negotiate with the Taliban, something it could’ve done six years ago. It’s tied together with the mess in Pakistan, but hopefully the US and NATO will be able to leave soon. I wouldn’t want to be there, would you?

By: American G

American G — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:52:13 +0000

Hey Don,
I am glad your here. You bring the other side of the argument to the table. You are being an American and exercising your rights to speak out. Congratulations! Now, you are a big anti-war, peace loving guy. That’s cool. I am all for peace. I am sure your against the invasion/liberation of Iraq. However, what about Afghanistan? What is your view about the US being in Afghanistan. Should we just pull of out there too?

By: Don Bacon

Don Bacon — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:40:19 +0000

Ah, to be called “brutha” by George Bush, a man whose unpopularity in the US is only exceeded by that in the rest of the world except perhaps El Salvador, Poland and Burkina Faso. Could there be a higher tribute?