Afghanistan: Model Nation

Reuters reports that George W. Bush thinks Afghanistan is a good model for Iraq.

By those standards, The Hindenburg might make a good model for an aviation system, the maiden voyage of The Titanic a good model for how to navigate the North Atlantic, and the Pinto a good model for a compact car.

But maybe I'm being a little harsh. After all, Afghanistan now has a growing source of foreign currency, no pun intended. There's sort of a rule of law--depending on where you are. And I hear Hamid Karzai has set a firm goal of controlling most if not all of Kabul, while the US is doing its part by promising to treat prisoners--well, like prisoners.

You know, the elections might be cancelled--um, delayed--but why say the glass is half empty when it could easily be considered half full, provided the bullet hole at the bottom of the glass is patched up. All it would take is a little bit of duct tape.

And some pretty good P.R.