While Bush is doing his speech tour spinning the great work he thinks he has done on terror, he should probably take a peek at Afghanistan. It's exploding, literally.
Yesterday, NATO's commander asked for reinforcements:
NATO's top commander, Gen. James L. Jones, on Thursday called for allied nations to send reinforcements to southern Afghanistan, saying the coming weeks could be decisive in the fight against the Taliban....Jones acknowledged that NATO had been surprised by the "level of intensity" of Taliban attacks since the alliance moved into the southern region in July and by the fact the insurgents were prepared to stand and fight rather than deploy their usual hit-and-run tactics.Today, a car bomb exploded in Kabul killing 18 including 2 Americans.
The driver of a car packed with explosives rammed into a U.S. military convoy in downtown Kabul on Friday, killing himself and at least 18 other people, including two American soldiers. Two other American soldiers were among 31 people wounded.And, our great ally, Pakistan, is cutting deals with Taliban forces which is ok with Bush.
The blast, near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, came as NATO chiefs appealed for member nations to send reinforcements to combat resurgent Taliban militants. A top British general said the fighting in volatile southern Afghanistan was now more ferocious than in Iraq.
Some success there, W.
