Vindication?

There's nothing a blogger likes more than being proven right, so...

On August 17th 2007, I argued that western powers should try to buy peace in Afghanistan.

Well, it looks like buying peace is finally in. There has been a meeting in London this week of international leaders, and they have agreed to the creation of a 200 to 300 million dollar fund to give the Taliban cash and jobs in exchange for peace.

This truly is a major change in strategy for an international community that was still recently refusing to contemplate even negotiating with the Taliban. As this Globe cartoon shows, it still hasn't won unanimous approval!


Ok. Finished bragging for today.