After the overthrow of the Taliban regime, the West did not commit enough troops to extend the national government in Kabul’s authority over the whole country. The Bush administration had turned its attention to the preparations for the Iraq war.
事实上，我们确实在阿富汗犯了许多错误。比如在推翻了塔利班政权之后，西方并没有提供足够的军队来帮助喀布尔新政权统领全国。而小布什政府干脆就把注意力转到伊拉克战争的筹备上去了。