10 October 2008
American intelligence agencies report that Afghanistan is in crisis. There has been a breakdown in the central authority, some of it stemming from corruption in the government of President Hamid Karzai and the inability to control the rise of Taliban influence there. Militants are launching more sophisticated attacks from Pakistan.
Decision-making in the Bush administration to invade Iraq took the focus off the real terrorist center, Afghanistan. We are now paying for that decision. We are planning to send more troops to Iraq in the Spring when the real need is in Afghanistan. More poor decision making by the Bush administration.
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