
The Instapundit points out this idiotic cartoon equating the events of September Eleventh with the measured and moral US response in Afghanistan. It asks "And then what?" But apparently whoever wrote it didn't pay any attention to the news last year. So I thought to catch them up.
Let's see, the US waited a month to decide exactly how to respond, and then they carried out a campaign that was remarkable in its timing, precision, and concern for civilians on the ground, and then the little girls went back to school, and the women went back to work, and the rape houses were closed, and the "Friendship Bridge" to Uzbekistan was reopened, and the aid workers were able to bring in food, and the children were finally vaccinated, and the refugees returned home, and the US Army built hospitals, and Afghans could sing and fly kites again, and a Loya Jirga was finally convened after twenty years, and a president was chosen, and the Taliban stopped butchering 1,500 Afghans a month, and then movies were shown again, and the Sufis were allowed to practice their form of Islam once again without fear of torture, and they started playing soccer in the stadium again instead of blowing women's brains out there, and the terrorist camps were destroyed, and Al Queda plans to attack more civilians were disrupted, and America became a lot safer and so did Afghanistan.
What'd I leave out?
Posted by shilohbucher at October 11, 2002 10:16 AM