Let's Speak the Truth About Afghanistan

By Eric Margolis

30/07/08 "Huffington Post" -- - NEW YORK -- During his triumphant European
tour, Senator Barack Obama again urged NATO's members to send more troops to
Afghanistan and called the conflict there, "the central front in the war on
terror." Europe's response ranged from polite evasion to downright frosty.

It is unfortunate that Obama has adopted President George Bush's misleading
terminology, "war on terror," to describe the conflict between the United
States and anti-American groups in the Muslim world. Like many Americans, he
and his foreign policy advisors are sorely misinformed about the reality of
Afghanistan.

One understands Obama's need to respond with martial