in article , Matt at
wrote on 2003/10/29 20:09:

I'm sure the vast areas of Afghanistan that are still under the control of
the same violent warlords they were ten years ago would love a few of those
shirts. They could, like, give them to their kids.

Your point is what -- that we haven't remade Afghanistan into a modern
Western industrialized and democratic nation, with liberty and justice for
all, in a matter of months?

Ain't gonna happen on this planet, Matt. We are continuing to root out those
who presented the greatest threat to the US and to the people of
Afghanistan. At some point, inevitably, the Afghan people will be left to
pull themselves up by their own bootstraps. Of course, they won't be that
much different ten years from now than they have ever been, probably, but
they will be better off than if we hadn't done what we are doing. And so
will we.

If you really want to remake the world be prepared to reinstitute the draft
and double your taxes. Otherwise just be content with occasionally putting a
finger in the dike, while the fingers of your other hand are crossed behind
your back.



Jack