From WikiLeaks To The Killing Fields -- Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal
Liberals contemplate withdrawal from Afghanistan, heedless of the consequences.
Innocent civilians become the tragic casualties of war. Insurgents plant thousands of IEDs. Special-ops teams hunt down insurgents. The Taliban may have a few Stinger missiles. Pakistan plays a double game with the Taliban. The U.S. government can't keep its secrets. The New York Times has about as much regard for those secrets as a British tabloid has for a starlet's privacy. The Obama administration blames everything on Bush.
Is any of this news? Not exactly.
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My Comment: My nationality is Russian .... so I was exposed to what it meant to live under a communist regime. Living in the West (in my case Canada), I have also been exposed to the naivety and ignorance of many who (1) choose not to see the threat (Communism in the past, Islamic radicalism today), and (2) are quick to wash their hands when a true catastrophe occurs .... or .... choose to ignore it.
Bret Stephens opinion piece observes this behavior .... and kudos to him for at least pointing this out.
Gerald Warner does an opinion piece with the same theme .... but from a British perspective. The link to his article is here.
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