In interviews President Bush claims to have read 60 books this year, including "three Shakespeares."
Bush continues to claim Afhganistan as a success -- another mission accomplished. He also claims a turning point in Iraq with adapting strategy.
Unfortunately he hasn't been reading Pentagon reports or newspapers. "Iraqi parliament voted to extend a state of emergency for a month because of unrelenting sectarian violence, while the Iraqi president predicted bloodshed will be quelled by the end of next year." (from the Washington Post item)
News items reveal that opium poppy cultivation has doubled in Adghanistan and is the cash crop; Warlords and and Taliban are becoming the true power in Afghanistan as Karsi as seen as the mayor of Kabel, indecisive and corrupt.
2006-09-05
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