Cox & Forkum: Taliban Lite
The new Afghanistan Constitution represents at least a temporary improvement over the tyrannical rule of the Taliban, but it will not established a truly free country, only the veneer of a free country. By enshrining Islam as a political force, the new Constitution has laid the groundwork for another Taliban.
Whose fault is this? Certainly Afghans should have learned from the negative examples of the Taliban and Iran. But just as certainly, President Bush and his administration -- as the leaders of the occupying military force -- had great influence on the issue but apparently chose not to exert it. We can only hope that we aren't forced to return one day to depose yet another Islamist regime.
Friday, January 9, 2004
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