Tell Me Why

Any Democrat running for re-election or election needs to ask this question.

Why are we pulling out of Afghanistan when clearly the situation on the ground is not stable? When the Afghani security forces cannot handle the insurgency of the Taliban?

Drugs, poverty and frustration with the Afghan government are fuelling an insurgency by Taliban militants, who appear to be growing stronger just as more foreign forces are arriving to try to improve security.

Violence in the past week has been some of the worst since U.S.-led forces drove the Taliban from power. In recent days, more than 100 people have died in bombings and gunbattles in the Afghan south. Two French soldiers, an American and a Canadian were among the dead.

On Sunday, a car bomb in the Afghan capital killed three people, security officials said.

The violence comes as NATO is expanding its peacekeeping force from 9,000 to 16,000, in preparation for taking over security responsibilities in the south from U.S.-led forces.

Read the whole article from The Washington Post. Apparently the Taliban are 10 miles outside of Kabul.

This is just further proof of Rumsfeld's incompetence.

We are losing in Afghanistan because we have taken our eye off the ball. We are pulling our troops out. I suppose we do need them to serve on the Mexican border. That makes me feel better.