Mujahideen

As today's attacks underscore, Karzai's government has failed to bring stability and unity to a country in desperate need of both.

Let's hope Washington notes one of the film's lessons: Good things sometimes happened in foreign policy when there was bipartisanship, which now appears to be a bygone concept.

It's not at all healthy for the US to repeat earlier experiences, which will enhance Washington's reputation of having no friend that it wouldn't be ready to betray or abandon.