Remember Afghanistan?

The MSM doesn't, until there are American deaths:

It is a shame that the only time Afghanistan makes news is when something tragic like this happens. The average citizen might well have thought the war was over; the theater has become something like China-Burma-India in World War Two, the scene of some desperate and heroic fighting that lost exposure to more accessible operations in Europe or the Pacific. The Chinook story put Afghanistan back in the headlines; hundreds of newspapers ran it. Meanwhile only a handful of them have chosen to say anything about Operation Diablo Reach Back, a very successful recent move against remnants of the Taliban in their former stronghold of Kandahar Province. U.S., Romanian, and Afghan forces have used not only armed force but also mediation, infrastructure development, and other elements of soft power to help stabilize the area. It is a good news story that is worth hearing, but positive reportage from Afghanistan is even rarer than from Iraq, which says more about the news business than the situation in-country.

Remember the mantra of the MSM:

"If Bush bleeds, it leads."