From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Rich Gauszka wrote:
> Afghanistan was going to a major reclamation project no matter what but the
> Bushies assumed that when the Taliban retreated into the mountains all was
> won and they should go 'free' Iraq.  They should write a book 'The neocon
> guide to f**king up the Middle East'
>
>

& Central Asia. However I believe Afghanistan is retrievable in an
orderly end of empire kind of way (i.e. leaving a functioning & stable
democracy in place). Might turn out like Singapore (an authoritarian
democracy), India (a chaotic democracy). I doubt it will turn into a
Zimbabwe, but then it is unlikely that it will turn into a western
democracy (e.g. Oz, NZ or Canada).

But they should have finished the job before buggering off to Iraq.

Adam

> "John Beamish"  wrote in message
> news:op.tj5g0ynkm6tn4t{at}dellblack.wlfdle.phub.net.cable.rogers.com...
> Terms of engagement for some of the NATO troops specifically exclude
> combat missions.  There have been 45 Canadian troops killed in Afghanistan
> since they were deployed.
>
> On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:47:53 -0500, Rich Gauszka
>  wrote:
>
>>
>> http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Artic
le_Type1&c=Article&cid=1165359015189&call_pageid=968332188774&col=968350116467
>>
>> Canada is on the way out of Afghanistan - or at least out of the battle
>> zones in that country's south.
>
>

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