Everything is going up here in Kabul.
The price of precious alcohol. The fecal count in the air. The high rises in Shara i Naw.
And the cost of war.
Like tracking down Bin Laden. He was a very evil man – motivated but not distracted by vanity. Nor fanaticism. We paid a lot to get him. A high price in human lives and tainted relations and exploited fears.
Was it worth?
Ask Obama.
War brings change – or at least revolution is often violent. The loss of life in the current civil disobedience in North Africa and Syria is horrific – but it has set a standard for sacrifice. And transparency.
The cost of war is much less visible in Afghanistan. One has to look well beyond the preppy school boys.
