[Section 15] Afghanistan in a "downard spiral" report to say

A US report slated to come out next month is supposedly to say that Afghanistan is in a "downward spiral" with the tide turning towards the Taliban.

Assembled from American intelligence agencies, the report claims that the Karzai government is drowning in corruption and is ineffective.

The heroin trade, which accounts for an estimated 50 per cent of that country's economy, makes political and economic recovery impossible.

Just a few days ago, the departing commander of British forces in Afghanistan, Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith, went on record saying that a military victory over the Taleban was "neither feasible nor supportable."

Meanwhile, Canada is looking to be $18 billion in the hole for its Afghanistan venture, an amount wildly beyond what we had been lead to believe. Harper has claimed costs to be set at $8 billion.

H/T to Rolling Back the Tide of Extremism, One Post at a Time

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Posted By Mark Francis to Section 15 at 10/09/2008 02:30:00 PM