Afghanistan

Re "U.S. Review of Battle Disaster Sways Strategy on Afghanistan." (N.Y Times)

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The U.S. has two choices in its Afghanistan venture: It can continue to waste lives and treasure in the impossible task of imposing some measure of democracy on the forever warring Afghan tribes, or it can do the right thing in setting up a friendly dictatorship. Then Washington can try to figure out what to do about the real threat to the U.S. emanating from Pakistan. William Bedford, Toronto