Anybody want an update on our "progress" in Afghanistan?

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this is from yesterday's show...

Taliban Country: Afghanistan 3 1/2 Years After the U.S. Invasion

Earlier this week, First Lady Laura Bush made a surprise visit to Afghanistan. Mrs. Bush was surrounded by heavy security and spent a total of six hours on the ground. She met with women training to be teachers at Kabul University, U.S troops at Bagram Air Base and President Hamid Karzai.
Mrs. Bush, a former teacher and librarian, thanked the troops for ousting the Taliban. She said "thanks to you, millions of little girls are going to school in this country, little girls who were denied an education just three years ago." Mrs. Bush also announced plans for the U.S to build an American University of Afghanistan and an International School of Afghanistan for children to receive a western style education. Though President Bush often cites the country as a symbol of success and on the road to democracy, he has has never been to Afghanistan.

We are joined in studio by the co-Director of the Afghan Women"s Mission, Sonali Kolhatkar. Sonali recently returned from a trip to Afghanistan.

link to the video/transcript
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/01/1432231

and Taliban Country, a new documentary by filmmaker Carmela Baranowska who was embedded with 800 U.S. Marines in one of the most remote and dangerous parts of Afghanistan. She made a film called Taliban Country which is a disturbing expose of American actions in that country.

on edit: link to the film - view it online - free
http://www.talibancountry.com/

Recommended!!