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Tuesday, March 10, 2009 12:00 AM

Afghanistan is worse than you think

It's common knowledge by now that the security situation in the country has been deteriorating, but the scale of the problem is staggering.
Mark Benjamin

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  • Tuesday, March 10, 2009 11:30 AM

    Well, we made a bunch of "crazy promises" to the Afghan people

    back in 2001. The official message from the United States Government was "We will never abandon you again." From an international relations standpoint, abandoning the Afghanees is about as toxic as invading Iraq.

    We are in Afghanistan under a UN mandate and it would be in our best interest to extend that mandate so we can share the burden. For whoever thought that Somolia and Yemen are worse than Afghanistan here's the average life expectancy stats:

    Afghanistan 44 (it was actually 46 when we invaded)

    Somolia 57

    Yemen 69

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