Here's a question for the supposed anti-terrorism warriors in the White House: Why are the Taliban doing anything besides being dead and gone?

Why is it that Afghanistan is unsecure outside of Kabul?

Why is it that we still haven't caught Osama bin Laden?

It is undeniable that the Iraq war diverted intelligence and special ops resources away from Afghanistan. This is perplexing, considering Al-Qaida and the Taliban pose a continuing, deadly threat to the US, whereas it's self-evidently clear Iraq didn't and wasn't going to ever.

The idea that George W. Bush is an effective leader in the "war against terrorism" is a myth. He's pathetic. He's failing to stablize and democratize Afghanistan, he squandered a massive windfall of international goodwill following 9/11 on a personal grudge match in Iraq, and he can't even find his two main enemies.

Then again, he can't even find a leaker in his own White House. Maybe he's not really pathetic, just dangerously incompetent.