Swallow the Spider to Catch the Fly

This is obvious. I wrote about this two weeks ago. We are stuck in Afghanistan for fear of the Pakistani-Indian nuclear conflict that would surely come about if radicals controlled the Pakistani government.

But let's be clear about what we are saying - if we stay in Afghanistan to help "stabilize" the region, this is the choice of an empire. Is that what we want? Is that what we must do?

Liberals would be against this if GW Bush proposed it. That I know.