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Now that it looks like the bombing campaign has worked, what will the nay-sayers say nay about next? Anne McElvoy at the Independent<\/i> has some thoughts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If there weren’t more setbacks to come, I’d be amazed. We are nowhere near the finishing line of a campaign against fundamentalist terror but we have made a convincing start in a very short time. One of the worst regimes on the planet in modern times is on the retreat. It would be a bit odd if the beleaguered citizens of the Afghan capital were casting off their burqas and brandishing their forbidden radios in celebration, only for Media Workers Against the War and co to go tell us that their liberation is a disaster and should never have happened.<\/p>\n

(Via USS Clueless<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now that it looks like the bombing campaign has worked, what will the nay-sayers say nay about next? Anne McElvoy at the Independent has some thoughts. 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