Pro Patria

Both the Afghan and Iraq wars have been mismanaged to some degree, but the former was definitely both justified and necessary. You're not going to find more than a fringe in the U.S. to disagree with that, whereas at least half the country seems to think that the Iraq war was a mistake.

And as they stood around — there were no speeches — they expressed opposition not just to the controversial war in Iraq, but also to the war in Afghanistan, which polls indicate was overwhelmingly supported by the American people.

Several felt that in the days after September 11, the United States went too far by attacking Afghanistan. "It was the Taliban and Osama bin Laden," said one woman. "So why didn't we just go after him? Why did we attack the whole country?"

"I didn't like us doing that," said another woman.

"I'm opposed to war generally," added a third woman. "I believe that both of those wars [Afghanistan and Iraq], but Iraq especially, are wrong."

I assume that their errors of fact and judgment do not need pointing out to OTB readers. But 3 ladies in Alabama (!) do not add up to "the usual suspects."

As for clicking through, mea culpa, but one freak on a comment thread is not a body of opinion worth taking note of. Come now, people---if you want to get upset about a potential point of view, type it into Google, and damned if somebody won't turn out to think just that.

But that's gone down the memory hole now, I see.

Otherwise the quote really rips a new one in that strawman.

Here’s what’s caught my eye this morning:

Bangladesh blog 3rd world view has the run-down on the bombings there yesterday. Update here. Hat tip: AFOE.
Abu Aardvark comments on a major speech given by King Abdullah of Jordan yesterda...

I guess I missed out on just who was saying the U.S. was “the problem” in Afghanistan.

Must not be keeping up with my Canadian antiwar agitprop.

Anderson - It would help if you actually clicked on links provided.

Here is what Pro Patria was responding to. It was a comment made on his blog by a poster (Goallll1) who accused him of bombing Afghanistan:

hi
u get for what killing afghans
u came to mi country for osama(ur own creation) but ur doin other activities , leve mi country as soon as possible , don force us to fight against u people as our grand father fight against great-britin & our parents against russian , plz leve us ,
This is all drama created by to billionares families bush-osama .
don wast ur life for politions,

if u forget vetnam than stay in mi country for another,

what u done untill now in afghanistan???????????????
ask ur heart

bobm on childern

bobm on our holy placess

bobm on schools

we hate the ocopaide forcess in afghanistan if u don leve after election we will fight our freedom fight against u

Now War nO Drama

just leve us

Published By Goallll1

Must not be keeping up with my Canadian antiwar agitprop.