Because he believes that Iraq is a sideshow and the main stage should be Afghanistan and Pakistan, Joseph Galloway is not impressed by claims that the "surge" worked and Iraqi units are ready to take over. He says that if the administration and McCain really believe their claims, they should seize the opportunity for withdrawal and start removing a brigade each month. Galloway points out, of course, those brigades are more urgently needed in Afghanistan to shore up the failing policy there. Galloway also notes that since removal of the Taliban, Afghanistan has regained the dubious honor of being the world's largest exporter of opium and heroin. The problem of Pakistan giving haven to terrorists remains unaddressed, as it has for ... More »

It is a valid presentation. It states all of the facts that most of us know to be true about Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan. It is upsetting that all of the articles now being written in the media should have been done starting in 2002. Members of Congress and the Media were worthless and cowardly. Now that they are speaking up about the invasion is infuriating after so many Iraqis and American soldiers have died and/or been brutally harmed forever.