Why Can't Murdoch's US Media Report This?

Rupert Murdoch's London Sunday Times prints a long piece by a reporter who's actually spent more time in Afghanistan than, say, Geraldo. Christina Lamb has been there for two decades, and her conclusions are dire: instead of Iraq becoming the new Afghanistan, Afghanistan is becoming the new Iraq, with IEDs and suicide bombs as the new weapons du jour. And remember the old accusation by the few anti-war Dems there were 'way back when that Iraq was distracting us from finishing the job in Afghanistan? Read Lamb for more than a nostalgic glow. Finally, read her about Pakistan training Taliban again, remember that AQ Khan sold nuclear weapons and plans to North Korea and Iran, and ask yourself: why was Pakistan our friend and Saddam's Iraq our enemy?