Re: Putin's gambit

On 10 Maijs, 13:10, hol...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Eugene Holman) wrote:

[snip]

> The two protracted wars that the United
> States has been waging in Afghanistan and Iraq have produced nothing
> tangible

No?

   1. The Afghan Army is growing in size, experience, and leader****p
capabilities.
   2. A recent study found that 90% of the Afghan population trusted
the countries military force.
   3. More than 4,000 km of roads have been built where only 50 km
existed in 2001.
   4. The rehabilitation of the North-East power system has advanced
and access of the rural households to electricity has been
significantly increased.
   5. In 2007 alone, ISAF nations completed 1,080 civil-military
cooperation (CIMIC) projects.
   6. 2,000 schools were built or repaired in the last five years and
around 6.4 million children (including 1.5 million girls) are now in
schools.
   7. Since 2001, both infant and under-five mortality has declined by
26% and 22% respectively.
   8. In 2001, 8% of Afghans had access to some form of healthcare.
Now more than 80% of the population has access to medical care.
   9. The non-opium economy has grown at an average of 12% over the
past four years; the number of poppy-free provinces has grown from six
in 2006 to 13 in 2007.
  10. Afghan public sup****t for international involvement in
Afghanistan remains high with around 70% of Afghans sup****ting the
presence of international forces.
  11. The majority of Afghans believe their country is going in the
right direction and 84% sup****t their current government (as opposed
to 4% who would sup****t the Taliban).
  12. They also maintain a positive view of reconstruction efforts
with 63% saying that reconstruction efforts in their area have been
effective since 2002.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/04/the_afghanistan_success_story_1.html

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