good question actually. The British tried for decades, then the Russians. I am not qualified to answer it either, but Tim may have an idea.
But beyond the question, how does it make sense to say "Afghanistan is a centuries-old insurgency and cannot be secured. Therefore let's invade this totally unrelated country...." ? Dana On 7/8/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/8/05, Gruss Gott wrote: > > What options did you consider? > > > > Of the ones I can think of it's about the worst. How about securing > > Afghanistan? > > I'm not qualified to answer this. Maybe Tim can chime in, is it even > possible to secure Afghanistan? > > > How about putting full force behind capturing Osama Bin > > Laden? > > I though we tried this. Now he's hiding in caves with extremely > limited communications. Isn't someone else running al Qaeda or what's > left of it? Are you sure we can find him even if we put the entire us > military on the Afghan border? Again I'm not qualified to answer. > > > How about reserving our lives and money for a real threat > > from, say, North Korea or Iran - 2 nations that claim to have WMD vs. > > Iraq which denied it. > > You mean to sit back and wait for them attack us? I don't even think > North Korea is a threat. They might just want money. > > > In a nutshell, Iraq was a gamble that: > > > > 1.) We'd be welcomed with open arms, > Some did but not all. Agreed a miscalculation. > > > 2.) Democracy would blossom fast, > I don't remember the fast part but it is happening. We must be patience. > > > 3.) That democracy would spread throughout the Middle East, > Still might, we must be patience. > > > 4.) The WMDs we were sure they had would be taken off the market, and > Aren't they off the market? :) > > > 5.) The quick defeat would show the world how strong and smart America is. > > I thought it did. Now the people that don't like us think we're to > powerful and need to be taken down a notch. > > > Not a single one of those goals happened. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:164119 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
