Welcome to Planet Cheney...

where there's no success like failure.

"We will succeed in Iraq, just like we did in Afghanistan…" Dick Cheney, June 23, 2005

Succeed?

Like this?

Afghan fighting toll mounts...

…or this...

The stability of Afghanistan was being compromised by a worsening security situation and the persistence of drug trafficking, two top UN officials said today.

…or...

A perennial problem in Kabul, and in Afghanistan in general, is the state of the roads. They are hardly maintained,...

…or...

Taliban rebels have killed a candidate for Afghanistan's provincial council elections and two of his bodyguards, an official and an insurgent source said...

…or...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, said on Friday that militants from Afghanistan and Pakistan were training for attacks against Russia and...

Etc.

Maybe someone needs to tell him that failure's no success at all.