Well, well, well.
Since my last post, I have been trying to write something meaningful about Sri Lanka, but something told me I would have to wait to find the correct angle from which to view that mess and find something true in it.
Unfortunately, unless you want to go read the 30-year history of the war [...]

“We have met the enemy and they is us.” – Pogo
What the hell is going on in Afghanistan?  Business as usual.  What about Pakistan?  They’re all hotted up, killing “hundreds”** of Taliban fighters near the Swat valley.  Where was all this energy when the Bush Administration was handing over $100m checks with zero accountability for [...]

“President Obama has correctly refocused American attention on Afghanistan and Pakistan, the real front in the war on terror. But the recent surge in bombings is an alarming reminder of all of the unfinished business from President Bush’s unnecessary war in Iraq.”
Unfinished business, eh?  The entire NY Times editorial from which this is quoted sounds [...]