Pakistan and Afghanistan, Through Rose-Colored Glasses

By The Editorial Board
The New York Times

Have you heard the great news about how things are going in Pakistan and Afghanistan?

We hadn’t either, until a member of the board attended a two-day briefing by top State Department officials for editorial writers from across the nation.

The point, of course, was to present the Bush administration’s actions in as positive a light as possible. But for two of world’s the most troubled areas, Pakistan and Afghanistan, the effort bordered on the impossible.

In Pakistan, President Bush and his policies have been suffering one serious setback after another lately. First, President Pervez Musharraf, on whom the administration had placed almost all of its bets, lost much of his backing from the public and was pressured to step down from his powerful post as army general.

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