U.S. soldiers from the 2-87 Infantry climb towards a forward observation post October 20, 2006 overlooking the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, from the Paktika province of eastern Afghanistan. The outpost, only 800 meters from the border, is frequently attacked by Taliban forces, many of whom cross over from the South Waziristan tribal area of Pakistan, according to American soldiers. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) Strata-Sphere has a great summary of war news from Pakistan/Afghanistan.
I have been collecting up articles on events in our final major front in the war on terror as the Democrat convention has limped along. But today is a good day to do a overview of recent activities to remind ourselves the differences between Bill Clinton and George Bush on the threat of al-Qaeda. Bill Clinton’s signature effort against Bin Laden’s attack was his attack on an empty aspirin factory. Sadly the factory was in the Sudan, while our enemy was building his forces in Afghanistan. Very Macho Bill.
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