Afghani Unrest

QandO is discussing current unrest in Afghanistan. McQ has this to say:

Just my opinion, but I doubt that the "slow pace of reconstruction" in a dirt poor country still mostly living in the 19th century is the cause for the unrest.

Perhaps, but they may be looking at reconstruction in Iraq and wondering why things aren't happening at the same pace in Afghanistan. After all we've been there longer, but we have spent significantly more money on Iraq. Someone may point this out and neglect to mention that Iraq has natural resources, transportation infrastructure, and a history of functioning government, whereas Afghanistan has a history of dirt farming, drug trafficking, and provincial despotism.

That or they may have come to the (probably correct) conclusion that the squeaky wheel gets the grease. So they're starting to squeak in hopes that some of the Iraqi money will head their way.