Stardate 20011208.0857 (On Screen): Uzbekistan has agreed to reopen the "Freedom Bridge" across the Amu Darya river. This will permit humanitarian aid to flow much more easily into northern Afghanistan, since it won't have to be ferried across on barges.
Which leaves me confused about something. Way back in October, the NGO's and various other agencies "called for" a bombing halt during the month remaining before winter was expected to set in around the middle of November. The idea was that enough supplies to feed Afghanistan absolutely had to flow into the nation during that month because once winter set in it would no longer be possible to move supplies at all. So why is it that these self-same humanitarian agencies are now, a full month into that self-same winter, going to use this bridge to move supplies in. Weren't we told it wouldn't be possible by now? (discuss)
For that matter, we were also told that ground war would be impossible once winter set in.
