Jun
22
“The mistake George W. Bush made was not in invading; any country would and should have retaliated for an act like the 9/11 attacks. The mistake was in doing it on the cheap, with only 12,000 troops to start. One still can’t say this in polite company in Washington without drawing a condescending stare from some oily sycophant of power, but it was obvious even in the fall of 2001 that Bush held back in Afghanistan so he’d have more fire power for Iraq.”
Michael Tomasky reviews the U.S.’s history in Afghanistan, ahead of Obama’s speech tonight addressing the drawdown. (via cheatsheet)
(via cheatsheet)
