"In Kabul, Shattered Illusions" (I know I keep nagging away at it.)
It's just so damned frustrating, when the US could be a force for good in the world. Opportunity, money, and lives just pissed away, for this.
"WELL, at least we’re not in Baghdad,†we used to say when confronted by the vagaries of the Kabul winter. No heat, sporadic electricity and growing disaffection among the population might make us uncomfortable, but those of us living outside the smothering embrace of the embassies or the United Nations had relative freedom of movement and few security worries."
Arf