Afghanistan is a Disaster

Obama had the goal of a fair and open election. Instead, President Karzai and his warlords had a rigged election to maintain total power. Obama had the goal of adding troops to Afghanistan in order to defeat Al Qaeda and find Osama Bin Laden. Instead, we are in a war with the Taliban, and at best at a stalemate, and the war has spread dangerously to Pakistan. It is not possible for Obama to be candid on anything; it is not in his genes. He will search around for the best spin to blame failure in Afghanistan on Bush-Cheney or some other scapegoat. The fact of the matter is that Karzai, like Iran, North Korea, the Hamas in Gaza, Hugo Chavez and every other dictator, terrorist and warlord have no respect or fear of the United States under Obama and they will do as they please.