Is Sweden Ready for This?

Military Analysts Expect Long-Term, Costly U.S. Effort in Afghanistan - washingtonpost.com: "As the Obama administration expands U.S. involvement in Afghanistan, military experts are warning that the United States is taking on security and political commitments that will last at least a decade and a cost that will probably eclipse that of the Iraq war."

Is Obama's world going the same way as Bush's? On top of this Hillary Clinton now used harsh words against the regime in Iran:

"They need to think again, because they will render their position less secure, they will trigger an arms race in the region, and they will certainly put greater pressure on the United States to extend a defense umbrella in order to hem in and contain them".

I was convinced that a new era had begun with Obama and the financial crisis that made a war against terror less prevalent. I still do, but the press these days really sound like the entire domain from Pakistan to Iraq is going to be set aflame. My question is why?

The Afghans probably don't want NATO in their country and arguing that we are there for our security is perhaps not that straight forward. After all there are many other places on Earth where terrorists hide and train, especially after the last 8 years in Afghanistan.

Furthermore the community organiser with astronomical budget deficits would argue that money would be better spent on the slums in Philadelphia, New York and Los Angels and perhaps on better health care.

Nation building is difficult, some say impossible in Iraq. I would argue that it is destined to fail in Afghanistan which is an even more difficult and back ward area.

What is this? Is the press trying to start World War III? And while the West is starting WWIII, China is minding their own business and making progress.