Our buddies

The extent to which we have fucked up in Afghanistan starts with the fact we should have realized things could not be anything but fucked up.

However, this one is on those just delighted to pump money into Pakistan without regard for the likely consequences of trusting them...this one is on Bush and Cheney for their incredible naivete...though there's not much sign the Obama Administration has gotten a grip on it either.

The documents, made available by an organization called WikiLeaks, suggest that Pakistan, an ostensible ally of the United States, allows representatives of its spy service to meet directly with the Taliban in secret strategy sessions to organize networks of militant groups that fight against American soldiers in Afghanistan, and even hatch plots to assassinate Afghan leaders.

Taken together, the reports indicate that American soldiers on the ground are inundated with accounts of a network of Pakistani assets and collaborators that runs from the Pakistani tribal belt along the Afghan border, through southern Afghanistan, and all the way to the capital, Kabul.

Meanwhile, the right-wing wants to bomb Iran...over to you Bibi.