a foreign affairs disaster

[dudeness]

two years into the "war on terror" a war bush says could last a generation..perhaps it is time to reflect on the current state of play..starting with afghanistan, a country once the focus of attention has been largely forgotten..however, with the influx of Islamic fighters re-entering the country (mainly from pakistan) this country is once again far from secure and attacks on coalition troops are occurring on a daily basis..opium poppy production has begun once again with the resultant product sure to reach the west in the near future..and aside from a puppet government installed in Kabul the country is in a lawless state..not what we were promised two years ago I am afraid.
Iraq the problems only grow larger for the coalition of the willing..recently a horrendous milestone was achieved ..more troops killed since the victory was declared by bush than during the "official" war..Iraqis still have no access to basic services in a large parts of the country..but perhaps the most disturbing development has been the coming together of the secular and fundamentalist Islamists against a common enemy (the US)...this concept was unheard of until recently , but has been made possible by an ill conceived and reckless invasion..where as once the west could count on different factions of Islamists opposing each other the reverse is now true..bush has continually attempted to make connections between saddam and OBL..he has now made this happen..Jihadists from all over the ME will continue to pour over the Iraqi borders.
The road map to peace in the I/P conflict is tatters with the two protagonists closer to all out war than in recent memory..atrocities continue on a daily basis from both sides..bush seems to be unwilling or unable to sort out this mess..once again not what we were told..

I am no expert in ME affairs , but from a laymans point of view , the world is in a more perilous state than two years ago and bush is giving me no reason to think it will improve..

[Skittles]

1. Bush, with his "McTerror War"

is making the world much, much less safer. He's got to go.

[Gloria]

2. Exellent piece!

KICK

[Snellius]

3. Add to the list - driving N. Korea and Iran to nuclear weapons

Good piece! It's amazing how Bush could screw things up worse than even his worst critics could have imagined.

[dudeness]

4. of course Nth Korea remains the unknown quantity

..cheers