Afghanistan on the mend

Here's a short story from the BBC that quietly reports the progress that George Bush envisioned only 4 short years ago.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4360965.stm

And while the article, from the notoriously liberal BBC, implies a continued Taliban resisitance, this man's remark speaks volumes:

"Yet several Taleban figures the BBC spoke to in Khost said support for continuing the battle against the Americans is waning.

One dismissed the idea put about by some militant leaders that this is a "jihad" or holy war, like the struggle against the Soviet invasion.

"It is like the difference between sky and land," he said. "What the Americans are doing here is completely different to the Russians."

That last statement is huge.

We are winning. Democracy is winning.............Good is winning.