Thursday, April 19, 2012

Watershed in Afghanistan

Yesterday, the newest MP in the House of Commons (George Galloway) called on the Prime Minister to follow Australia's lead and speed up the withdrawal of British troops from Afghanistan.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17757409 

Poverty and an ongoing insurgency by the ousted Taliban still pose a threat to the stability of the country...the Taliban seem to be stronger than ever in fact...which begs the question:  "What The Hell Are We Still Doing In Afghanistan?"


3 Afghan boys play cricket near a tree in Kabul - April 18, 2012.
 (JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)



Afghan girl at the Nasaji Bagrami refugee camp April 18, 2012.
(JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)
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