General David Petraeus - Progress in Afghanistan
by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Birthplace of Independent Conservatism According to General Petraeus things are looking up in Afghanistan. We have the Taliban operations either halted or reversed. This is good news. When America went in to this rugged mountainous country to pursue, and bring the perpetrators of 911 to justice we did so with justification. After the initial successful incursion into Afghanistan GWB's administration shifted military focus to Iraq, a country that supposedly had weapons of mass destruction. We still don't have Osama Bin Laden, and we never found the WMD. However, what we did get was over ten tears of engagement in Afghanistan, additional loss of life, and a larger national debt. I digress. Back to the encouraging news from Afghanistan and Gen. Petraeus. With recent successes in the south that have set the Taliban back there may actually be a potential end this long and costly military engagement. Experts from...