Posts Tagged ‘afghanistan’
Kiplinger Letter June 18, 2010 (The Kiplinger Letter)
With the fall elections drawing closer... The outlook only gets worse for Democrats,blamed for the uncapped oil leak and chaotic efforts at a cleanup, high unemployment and rising deficits. Plus there's growing concern over Afghanistan and continuing doubts about the new health care law. Americans are getting more and more angry. They'll take it out mostly on the Democrats because they're in charge, though primary elections show the anti-Washington mood can hurt both sides Read the rest of this entry »
Kiplinger Letter March 12th, 2010 (The Kiplinger Letter)
Another grim moniker for Afghanistan: NOW AMERICA'S LONGEST WAR. On March 29, it will pass Vietnam's 8½ years of sustained combat. And the end is still many years away. Though Obama plans to begin a withdrawal by July 2011, a U.S. presence will last much longer. It will take until 2014 at the earliest before the Afghan army and police are prepared to take on the Taliban without significant help. Afghans are undermanned, ill-trained, ill-equipped and lacking in logistics and secure facilities Read the rest of this entry »