Afghanistan:Rhetoric vs. Reality

[Monkeyman]

Rhetoric
We have joined with the Afghan people to bring down the Taliban regime-- the protectors of the al-Qaeda network-- and aided a new, democratic government to rise in its place.


Reality
2001-2003 Number of Taliban attacks 22

2004-2006 Number of Taliban attack 284

Number of suicide attacks 2001- 2004 9

Number of suicide attacks 2005-2006 64

Goal to train Afgan army 70,000
Numbers train about 26,900

Hectares in Afghistan devoted to poppy cultivation in 1999 51,500

Hectares now devoted to poppy cultivation 2005 107,000
Estimated opium produced from Afghistan's crops 4475 metic tons
Percent of global opiate supply originating in Afghistan 90%

Bush at the U.N claim we are winning in Afghanistan hmmmmmmm what do you think