Exit out of Af-Pak now!

Collateral damage is doing us in...

From Today's NYTimes:

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan officials and villagers said Wednesday that at least dozens and perhaps more than 100 civilians were killed in American air strikes in western Afghanistan, threatening to stiffen Afghan opposition to the war just as the Obama administration is sending 20,000 more troops to the country.

It seems that the most of the population of Pakistan are members of the Taliban. Toss in the folks from Afghanistan as well. What enrages them is their have-not status--poor, in a word, while their ruling classes are rich and corrupt. Smells an awful lot like Vietnam. Sure ,we called everyone there a communist; and all the while we supported the rich Catholic minority who was running the place. Oddly, Vietnam is our ally now.