The Face of Afghanistan
Error to shift focus from bin Laden to Iraq (click on)
This administration and Congress "cut and run" from Osama bin Laden to invade Iraq. Bin Laden and al-Qaeda were responsible for 9/11, not Iraq. We now have our military bogged down in the middle of an Iraqi civil war with no end in sight. All due to inept judgment and poor planning with no oversight or accountability by Congress (" Bush acknowledges U.S. under strain," News, Tuesday).
Bush acknowledges U.S. under strain (click on)
....The president was also politically combative during the 56-minute conference....
.... He rejected suggestions that attempts to forge democracy in Iraq and other places in the Middle East create more violence. Bush called that a "stir-up-the-hornet's-nest theory" that "just doesn't hold water." ....
These prisoners came from Afghanistan. Now they are going back? This is good government?
US moves 5 Guantanamo Bay prisoners to Afghanistan (click on)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Saturday said it transferred five prisoners from Guantanamo Bay to Afghanistan, leaving about 445 detainees at the naval base in Cuba.
"These detainees were all recommended for transfer due to multiple review processes conducted at Guantanamo Bay," the Pentagon said in a statement posted on its Web site on Saturday.
The Pentagon did not disclose the names of the prisoners being transferred to Afghanistan or disclose any further details.
About 120 of the remaining 445 detainees may be eligible for transfer or release pending a series of reviews, the statement said
He said proposals by some Democratic elected officials would create chaos in Iraq and give terrorists an oil-rich base for attacks. "If you think it's bad now, imagine what Iraq would look like if the United States leaves before this government can defend itself and sustain itself," Bush said. "Chaos in Iraq would be very unsettling in the region."
