The Top 40

I understand the lsftiet logic that equates "peace with honor" with "victory", because how horrible was it that we're fighting a war anyway? Our defeat is our victory.But what's a Taliban tallyman to do? The previous administration was pretty good at wiping them out, which is one of those facts that doesn't yield to PR, if you're among the eradicated.I mean, it's a great time to make a move. The current administration has all but emblazoned their unwillingness to actually do anything about anything international in giant letters on the Vietnam war memorial. But recruitment has to be tough, and these things take time.So, logically, they should act mollified and pretend that everything's been settled. Then rebuild their forces, plan another 9/11 (maybe with nukes this time), and do everything to get a second term for BHO.I don't think they're that logical, though. So they'll probably continue fighting, the press will play the whole thing down. Or we'll get a defeat in Afghanistan as penance for our victory in Iraq. They'll be able to achieve much of the same things they would if they were smart, because of the collusion of many different, stupid forces.That old saw about incompetence versus evil neglects the ways that incompetence enables evil.