re: #4 Slumbering Behemoth

May they reap a new found prosperity that denies the Dark Ages thinking of the Taliban any foothold.

I would love to be positive about that, (since my eldest will end up there, probably in 2011 - already done 2 tours in Iraq) I’ve ready enough history of that place.
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I’m less than thrilled to have my son there..

We ( as a country) don’t have the will to end things there. It doesn’t matter what we do, there is not ‘Afghan Nation’ and likely never will be.