#1 Protecting Afghanistan's young democracy has become the most urgent priority for American commanders frustrated by their failure to capture al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, who disappeared after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States.
writes Stephen Graham, a frustrated reporter. "How can I capture the idea that America is weak, evil and failing, when Sadaam Hussein was toppled and the Afghan democracy is succeeding?" "I am stuck attempting to wordsmith fantastic successes into failures using repetitive little catchphrases like this one." |