9 Afghan Soldiers Killed in Renewed Raids by Insurgents - New York Times

Insurgency? In Afghanistan? I thought Afghanistan was our model for successfully spreading freedom across the globe. Apparently, things aren't quite as rosy there as we are led to believe. Maybe if we had stayed there (in force) until the job was finished before running off to Iraq to look for imaginary threats, we really could have done something there that we could all be proud of. But I guess pretending it's great over there is just as good, as long as most people believe it, and not nearly as difficult.