[conservatism_IS_compassion]

how things currently are in Kabul and Afghanistan post-war does not bode well as to how things might be in Baghdad and Iraq."

It is only a year or so since the Taliban was in control of Afghanistan. It'd be nice if someone had a silver bullet to create a smoothly functioning democratic republic within a year--but I don't, and you don't. The framers of the US Constitution didn't.

So don't make perfection the enemy of the good.

[saradippity]

From what I understand the Northern Alliance has reestablished the practice wherein older men publicly parade their young boy toys around the streets of Kabul?.A practice forbidden by the Taliban.

It is also reported that the drug routes have been reopened,routes that had been closed since the Taliban cracked down on drugs.

I am not naive enough to think that there would be a quick progression in achieving our "noble" objectives,but I am sorely disappointed that there appears to be a couple of giant steps backwards.