Yet those madedestitute need to be put back on their feet as quickly as possible, not least to deny the Taliban and their allies who this week carried out three attacks in a single day more supplies of willing and hungry recruits.
His determination for seven years to resist deploying a national defense against ballistic missile attack has made it possible for even crazed, destitute countries like North Korea to try to dictate to "the world's only superpower"which security policies and programs the U.S. will pursue.