Tuesday, August 26, 2008

The Good War

There is surprisingly (well, not really I guess) little discussion of just what we're doing in Afghanistan. We all agreed long ago that it was a good and just war and then stopped bothering to think about what the long term purpose is.

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The United Nations said Tuesday it has found "convincing evidence" that U.S. coalition troops and Afghan forces killed some 90 civilians, including 60 children, in airstrikes in western Afghanistan.