Hamid Karzai's would-be assassins on Sunday penetrated 18 security rings to get at the Afghan president according to the Asia Times. Even getting within range of Karzai, let alone within 65 feet of the VIP viewing stand, would seem to suggest the Taliban is right claim that it has infiltrated the government security forces.
If and when the US leaves Iraq, it is going to find itself in a familiar situation in Afghanistan: bogged down in a war in a Muslim country, from which it seemingly cannot extricate itself.
--Jordan Michael Smith
