Good News/Bad News: Middle East

First the Bad News:

US NATO envoy calls for more troops in Afghanistan

NATO needs more troops in Afghanistan to defeat the resurgent Taliban.

Gee, what could Bush have done differently to avoid this situation? How about not starting an illegal and unnecessary war in Iraq which pulled vital military resources out of Afghanistan before we acheived stability and captured Osama bin Laden. (Remember that guy, Bush? The one who was the top guy behind 9/11? You know, 9/11? That thing you mention when you want people to listen to your bad ideas? The worst attack on American soil in our history? Remember?)

NATO gets no offers of extra troops

NATO need troops, but it is having a hard time getting them. See previous paragraph for my rant.

Upsurge in bomb and sectarian attacks in Iraq

And yet, the Bush administration still refuses to admit that Iraq is in a civil war.

How long will we have to wait before they admit they are wrong about this?

Until then, they will continue to do nothing to stop the civil war because they cannot stop something they do not believe exists. So while civil war in Iraq rages on, the Bush administration looks the other way because they are too stubborn to admit that they are wrong. They would rather have more of our troops and innocent Iraqis die than admit a mistake.

Their pride and saving face is more important to them than peace and saving lives. For that reason, they are not worthy to govern. (There are many other reasons for why they are not worthy, but this, by itself, is enough to render them unworthy.)

60 torture victims found in Baghdad

Horrible. Just horrible.

Opium trade flowers again


Another effect of our failure to finish the job in Afghanistan.

Bomb attacks kill 22 in Baghdad

This is sad by itself, but it is becoming far too common. People are getting desensitized to the violence, and their outrage is not evenly matching the amount of all the violence.

Now For The Good News:

Sorry. I didn't find any good news about the middle east.

Remember how last spring the Right tried to get us to beleive things were actually going well in Iraq but that the "media" was only reporting the bad news? They aren't saying that anymore. Why? Because it was a lie. You can't balance reality with a lie (but that doesn't stop the Right from trying).