Bush tries once again to go on the offensive against everyone else to cover up his own reality. The US and allies went to Afghanistan in response to 9/11 which was ultimately a response to an attack on US soil. Our allies stood by and helped but no, that's just not enough in the eyes of Bush. Why? Because the budget was busted on the distraction in Iraq that had nothing to do at all with 9/11. So Bush goes to his old faithful Rove policy of attacking everyone else, hoping that nobody will notice the real source of the problem. Let's remember that it was Bush who decided to pull back from Afghanistan so he could have his war in Iraq so he can pull out any statistics that he likes and criticize allies all day long, but it still does not change the fact that the problems today in Afghanistan have everything to do with Iraq.
President Bush's agenda at a NATO summit this week will include pressing alliance members to increase defense spending. Aides say many U.S. allies are ill-equipped for modern military operations.digg this!
The defense outlays of some NATO partners are less than half those of the United States as a percentage of gross domestic product.
