The U.N.: More Concerned About Afghanistan Than President Bush

I don't get why our big, tough War President (™- 2001) seems so unconcerned with his first war-- the one actually launched against bin Laden and the Al Qaeda terrorists and their Taliban co-conspirators. He never mentions it and from what I've been reading, it seems NATO commanders are running the show, while Donald Rumsfeld's attention is focused elsewhere (if anywhere at all). A cynical man might begin to think that they only did this war as an afterthought while they concentrated on laying the groundwork for a less logical war which they viewed as their pet project. Thank goodness I am not a cynical man.

Reuters: U.N. Security Council plans Afghanistan mission

The U.N. Security Council plans a mission to Afghanistan to review the volatile situation and assure the country's people of the world body's commitment, Japan's U.N. Ambassador Kenzo Oshima said on Monday...

...Fighting in Afghanistan between insurgents and coalition forces this year is the worst since the hard-line Taliban government was ousted in late 2001 by a U.S.-led invasion...

...A U.N. mission, mandated until March 2007, supports and advises the Afghan authorities on economic and political development, justice reform, humanitarian aid and anti-drug programs.

Oshima said the council remains concerned about the security situation, particularly in the country's south and southeast, and the recent increase in production and trafficking of opium -- the raw material for heroin...

...[Oshima] said the council also "looked forward to increasing cooperation between Afghanistan and the partners against the Taliban, al Qaeda and other extremist groups in promoting peace and prosperity in Afghanistan."

Hopefully they will have better luck than we have, but the odds aren't good.

Starting a war and then dumping it in others' laps seems a recurring theme with this President.