The war in Afghanistan is obviously a horrific mess.

I'm glad I don't live there and I that i won't be serving there.

The credibility of the whole affair is badly undermined by admissions of electoral fraud.

But the way that the Taleban "ran" Afghanistan before the war was equally horrific.

At least in the case of the war there is a glimmer of hope for the future.


As for Obama, he could be great - his problem isn't his policies, it is his lack of backbone.

He is succeeding to some extent, and he is right not to fall for the lure of the power of the bully tactics employed by Bush and the otheer puppets of the cheney dynasty, however it would reassure me to see him be a bit more assertive.

Its a tough balance to achieve on rough political seas.