U.S. aid to Afghani people must increase before winter comes Afghanistan is a crushing and brutal place all year, but especially so in winter. ... The U.S.-led coalition did not initially destabilize the country, and we are not at fault for all its starvation and suffering. But common decency and the urgent need to prevent mass starvation demand that we greatly and quickly expand our humanitarian aid effort for civilians within and outside Afghanistan before winter sets in.
Commentary
WASHINGTON - While Republican spinners publicly dismiss setbacks in last Tuesday's scattered off-year elections as isolated mishaps, their leaders truly are filled with fear and loathing about next year. Anticipated Democratic defeats in New Jersey and Virginia, though hardly national barometers, expose weaknesses in the GOP that could lead to catastrophe in 2002.
