Example of America's Success

Afghanistan is a long way from being a success and I just wonder how much thought and effort is going into ensuring its survival as a democracy.

" However, the country still has the worst education system in the world, according to the U.N. calculations, which points out that nearly three-quarters of all adult Afghans are illiterate and fewer than one in five girls go to school at all in many provinces. Moreover, most of the country's income is being mopped up by warlords with strong political and military connections, creating a dangerous gap between rich and poor and between the cities and the countryside. Half of all Afghans are poor, it said."