For all GW Bush's faults, as a former president who knows how hard the job is he never criticizes Pres Obama. Jimmy Carter is an unhappy man who never felt appreciated. I saw an interview Charlie Rose did with former Sec'ty of Defense Leon Panetta and he was more critical of Obama than I would have expected - of course Panetta is selling his new book, which has to have some controversy or it won't sell. Harry Truman was right - if you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.
Lebaneseproud -- and so, occasion again to recall and note Jimmy and Zbig's Excellent Afghan Adventure -- the very beginning, the initial concocting and first bringing to a boil, of this very same shit stew that (as subsequently supplemented and spiced by dubya/Halliburton-Boy/Rummy&Co's Excellent Iraq Adventure and its ongoing effects/impacts) just keeps on keepin' on bubbling and boiling over and splishing and splashing through our affairs and history
in particular, the following sequence of four posts -- (linked in):
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Discover 
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