"WASHINGTON: The new director of national intelligence warned Thursday that Afghanistan's weak and corrupt government is failing to halt the spread of Taliban control and said that public support for the Taliban and local warlords was increasing.
"The assessment underscored in stark terms the obstacles facing the Obama administration as it vows to focus more American troops and attention on the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan. The intelligence chief, Dennis Blair, described the American-backed government of Hamid Karzai as increasingly ineffective and unpopular."
There are many, many more citations. Narcotics corrupt, they've corrupted Mexico, Columbia, Bolivia, and Afghanistan.
And it's not only narcotics. It's the tribal system, with no loyalty to a central government.
Arf
Current Events » in reply to re: In Afghanistan there are the three you mentioned.
2-12-09 "U.S. intelligence chief warns Taliban gaining under weak Karzai rule."
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- Media moves smoothly from sabotaging the war in Iraq to sabotaging the war in Afghanistan
- Has anyone ever seen an exit strategy for Afghanistan?
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- Speaking of moving smoothly from one war to another... (n/t)
- Has anyone ever seen an exit strategy for Afghanistan?