What's Rummy Been Smoking?

In today's WaPo, Rumsfeld describes our policy in Iraq this way:

Today in Iraq we are operating on the same guiding principle that has brought success to our effort in Afghanistan: Iraq and Afghanistan belong to the Iraqi and Afghan peoples — the United States does not aspire to own or run those countries.

Since when has Afghanistan been anything close to a success? Most of the country is ruled by warlords, the illegal drug trade is the dominant industry, the Taliban is making a comeback, and freedom isn't really ringing, especially for women. Things are rotten in Afghanistan, and they're rotten in Iraq. But all Rumsfeld and the rest of this administration can see is success after success after success. And that's at the root of the problem.