Happy Birthday Hook

From the NY Times

KABUL, Afghanistan, April 7 - For the second time in two weeks, President Hamid Karzai is sending newly trained Afghan National Army troops from the capital to quell fighting in outlying regions, this time in northern Afghanistan, government officials said.

Heavy fighting broke out Wednesday as an Uzbek warlord's militia advanced on Maimana, the capital of the northern province of Fariab, forcing the local governor to appeal for support from the central government.

The government ordered a battalion of 750 men to prepare to fly on Thursday to Maimana, said Gen. Mir Jan, a spokesman for the Defense Ministry. A senior government delegation, led by the deputy chief of staff and a presidential adviser, left for the region on Wednesday, he said.

The above story won't shock anyone with a realistic understanding of the world as it is, but for a minute pretend that your Bush Hate is bigger than all of John and Teresa Heinz-Kerry's mansions combined and consider this:

It proves that Bush abandoned Afghanistan to take over Iraq!!!!!!

I know, a huge logical leap, and no adult could arrive at that conclusion, unless they were poorly educated, gullible, or blinded by a worldview lacking a strong grounding in reality.

Matt Yglesias is Harvard educated and well respected in the blogosphere, that couldn't describe him. So it must be what he thinks of his readers.

A second Gulf War would be incompatible with a major commitment to Afghanistan for the simple reason that the U.S. doesn't have enough military manpower to do both. So the mere fact that Bush wanted to keep his options open is sufficient explanation for why Afghanistan got shortchanged.

I'll insult close-minded bigotry like that displayed daily by Yglesies and other lefty bloggers, but I won't insult your intelligence by presenting a one-sided analysis.

Shortchanged? Sgt Hook is spending his 40th birthday in Afghanistan, away from his wife and kids. He'd be amazed to learn that we've "shortchanged" that nation.

Now you can show your appreciation by simply hitting this link and signing a blogospheric birthday card for Sgt Hook.

That is, unless you think Matt and his ilk represent truth and light and all that's good about America.

In that case you know that Hook doesn't exist.