[PEN-L:19660] WHERE IS THE VICTORY

[Brad DeLong]

>Not being a mind reader, and motives _never_ being obvious in actions, I
>simply do not know what the motives or goals of the criminal assault on
>Afghanistan are.
>
>The declared motives seem to have no connection whatever to the action
>-- that is surely "they" (policy makers) can't really believe that
>killing a few thousand or a few tens of thousands of Afghanistans will
>have any effect on terrorism.

But they can. And they do.

Moreover, they are probably right: there are some interesting 
documents coming out of Kabul these days...

Brad DeLong