The View from Harsani

In little more than a week, Afghani insurgents have killed Genaral Mohammad Musa Rasuli, a regional police chief, attacked the national chief of intelligence, (BBC) and kidnapped a foreign physician working for an aid group. All, presumably, had competent security details assigned to them.

Here’s how I read it:

We fought off the British in the 19th Century, the Soviets / Russians in the 1980s, and today we are fighting off the Americans and their allies, including Afghans. It is our country.

If anyone can put a better spin on these facts, please do so in the comments. We’d be happy to run a guest post, and even happier to be wrong.

We offer our condolences to the family and colleagues of Petty Officer 1st Class Nicolas D. Checque, 28, who died in the rescue attempt, and those who died protecting the targets of those attacks. (CNN / NBC).