I've been meaning to post about Afghanistan for a while now. The whole thing frustrates me, because I know it is a lost cause. No one has ever succeeded there, not for hundreds of years, in creating a stable government. That's not to say it isn't possible, but I believe it can only be done by the Afghan people themselves. I hate to see any one brave American lose his life or his limbs trying to reach what is essentially a non-military goal. And as much as I dislike a lot of the compromised politics of the Obama administration, I hate to see the glimmers of hope that still exist sacrificed on the altar of an unwinnable war.But why listen to me? Rachel Maddow says it more succinctly and more cogently than I ever could.
I'm not a Rachel Maddow dittohead -- sometimes I think she strays too far from rational argument just to make point, wandering into Michael Moore territory. But she is a much more reliable liberal reporter of the news than ANYONE on the other side of the political spectrum. So far, she is the yardstick by which any politically aligned reporter must measure themselves. And, frankly, any reporter who considers themselves "unbiased."
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