Looking like some progress

[Marcus]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&u=/ap/20061209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_43

It's looking like the democratic control is making a difference.

[Bill McIntyre]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&u=/ap/20061209/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_43

It's looking like the democratic control is making a difference.

The fact that one of his Daddy's closest advisors spanked him in public probably helped too.

[Bill McIntyre]

Speaking of his Daddy's advisors, I was stuck watching CNN while riding the stationary bike a couple of days ago, and Pat Buchanan said that all of his Daddy's team just despised Dubya for bringing down the dynasty and keeping Jeb from ever having a shot at the Presidency.

Pat pointed out how idiotic is was that he had a man who had been President, Vice President, Director of the CIA, Ambassador to the UN, and Chairman of the Republican Party just a phone call away for advice, but he had to prove he was his own man and go to "a higher father" for advice.

And the country is paying for it.

[Marcus]

Things have to be a bit uncomfortable around the Bush house at Thanksgiving.

[Bill McIntyre]

Things have to be a bit uncomfortable around the Bush house at Thanksgiving.

Yeah, kinda tense.

That Scarborough program, whatever its called, where I saw Pat Buchanan and another conservative pundit went on to speculate about the reason for Bush 41 breaking down and sobbing.

If you didn't see that one, he was speaking in Tallahassee about Jeb, and saying that one measure of a man was how strong he was in defeat, and at that point he just lost it and Jeb had to come up and put his arm around him. The pundits were speculating that the real reason he broke down when he got to the "defeat" word was how bad he felt about Dubya, and how he was going down to defeat and humiliation.

It must be very hard for a father who knew better to see the family dysfunction play out doing such damage to the nation he has served.

[Marcus]

It must be very hard for a father who knew better to see the family dysfunction play out doing such damage to the nation he has served.

...no sh*t.

Yea, I read about that. I feel sorry for the guy.

[DIVERTOM]

We went into Afghanistan and made it look easy where the British and the
Russians failed. If he would have stopped there we would still have the
world behind us in the fight against terrorism and the Democrats would not
stand a chance. What a loser!

[Bill McIntyre]

We went into Afghanistan and made it look easy where the British and the
Russians failed. If he would have stopped there we would still have the
world behind us in the fight against terrorism and the Democrats would not
stand a chance. What a loser!

There was an article in yesterday's LA Times that is not very encouraging about Afghanistan. Here is the way it starts, with the link at the top if you want to read all of it.
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http://www.latimes.com/search/la-fg-insurgency9dec09,0,181742.story
Afghanistan war nears 'tipping point'
Government support is flagging, NATO is split on strategy, and Taliban fighters are revitalized.
By Laura King and David Holley
Times Staff Writers

December 9, 2006

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — The conflict in Afghanistan has entered a dangerous phase, and the next three to six months could prove crucial in determining whether the United States and its NATO partners can suppress a revitalized enemy — or will be dragged into another drawn-out and costly fight with an Islamic insurgency, according to senior military and security officials and diplomats.

"I think we are approaching a tipping point, perhaps early in the new year," said a Western diplomat in the region, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the situation publicly.

Popular support for the central government is faltering, and Western military allies are deeply divided over how best to combat the insurgency.

On the other side of the fight, the Taliban has regained the strength to dominate large swaths of Afghanistan; government control is tenuous at best in at least 20% of the country, according to several Western diplomats and Afghan officials.
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Of course if we had devoted a fraction of the resources wasted in Iraq to Afghanistan, we had a good chance of making a difference there. As it is, we could well fail there too.