Afghanistan, in Today's News 09.03.09

Afghanistan. The news only grows worse for the US in Afghanistan, as the insurgents gain power and demonstrate their ability to control the political life of the country.

Today's Wall Street Journal has an article (page A8) that shows the growing problem. "KABUL -- A Taliban suicide bomber killed at least 23 people including Afghanistan's deputy intelligence chief Wednesday, demonstrating the insurgency's reach and its ability to hit a vulnerable Afghan government. The morning assassination of one of Afghanistan' top antiterrorist officials..."

Whether Washington knows it or not, this war is kaput. Obama's big task is to somehow get out of the mess without falling on his face. It won't be easy.