Afghanistan One Year Later

Rahul Mahajan writes,

To this day, few are willing to criticize the war in Afghanistan. In fact, some self-proclaimed spokespeople for the antiwar movement have recently suggested that the "left" -- which is to say the peace movement, the global justice movement and most of the progressive grassroots activists in the country -- still handicaps itself by its opposition to that war. The official story remains that, whatever has come after, the war on Afghanistan remains the one shining success in the "war on terrorism."

One year later (the bombing started on Oct. 7, 2001), many of the results are in, and it's time for a critical look at some of those "successes."...(more)

Justin Podur also contributes some thoughts on 10/7.