At a press conference on the High Line last Thursday touting the new park’s already having attracted 2 million visitors, The Villager asked Congressmember Jerrold Nadler what he thought about President Obama’s commitment to the war in Afghanistan.
“A bad idea,” Nadler said and shook his head. “It’s an example of mission creep. You decide to go in and get rid of Al Qaeda bases, which is all right, but then you go on and on. You get involved in a 35-year civil war that tied up the Soviet Union and now is involving us.”
Albert Amateau
