"Tragedy" in Afghanistan
David Brooks bring good news from Afghanistan, reporting that conditions have been improving since last year. However, Brook's article is not completely convincing. I suspect it is politcally motivated and that it is meant, at least in part, to take the heat off the Bush administration for the disorder in Afghanistan. Brooks talks about the foreign aid (have you ever heard a conservative boast about foreign aid before?) that Afghanistan is recieving, but puts forward NGOs as evidence, not assistance from the US Government. Also there is a serious law and order problem, especially in the countryside where warlords rule and Taliban still lurk, because the US peacekeeping missions is limited to Kabul.

So are things better? Probably. But that doesn't mean that we shouldn't do more to rebuild Afghanistan, a lot more. Bush has been very reluctant to get involved in Afghanistan, not just for nation building, but for fighting. The US faile to use a sizable ground force during the War, which may explain why Bin Laden is still alive...