(h/t CSPANjunkie)
The Afghan war is going very badly and support is shrinking. I heard Michael Ware say on CNN (above clip) that the big multimillion dollar Highway #1 which runs from Kabul to Kandahar that we repaved has been almost destroyed and the Taliban can attack at will. Drivers are left completely exposed to attacks, but what choice do Afghan truckers have?
More troop losses are mounting....
Eight soldiers have died on a bloody day for US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Three died in a roadside bombing in northern Iraq - the US military's deadliest single incident in five months - and one died in Baghdad.
Four soldiers died in what was described as a "complex attack" in Kunar province, eastern Afghanistan.
Violence in Afghanistan is at a record high, while attacks have increased in Iraq since a US-led pull-back in July.
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In Afghanistan, violence has surged to a record high eight years after the US-led invasion which toppled the Taliban.
Some 820 US soldiers are thought to have died in Afghanistan in those eight years.
The Bush administration mishandled their other war so badly that violence has spiked almost eight years laterand accusations of voter fraud are flying around.
Afghanistan’s UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission ordered a recount and examination of some ballots in the Aug. 20 presidential election, saying it had found “clear and convincing evidence of fraud” in the vote.
The order came as results released by the country’s election authority showed President Hamid Karzai nearing the majority of votes required -- 50 percent plus one vote -- to be elected. It was the first official confirmation of fraud that independent election monitors say risks undermining the credibility of the vote and the next Afghan government.
The media would like us to forget that this is another Bush/Cheney disaster, but it is and the troops have to pay the ultimate price for getting us into another quagmire. This is the next political battle after health care in DC, but we're hitting it on the net now. After eight years the war is in even worse condition no matter what Joe Lieberman has to say.
