We can choose to leave, of course we can. But what happens if we leave? Are we going to have to go back there in another ten years when the Taliban is once again in control and sponsoring lunatics to attack the US and the rest of the "infidel" world?
The reason to stay is to prevent that dark future from becoming a reality, but that means committing major resources over a long period of time, i.e. nation-building. Are we willing to do that? Are the Europeans? Will anyone else step up? Or should we just let Afghanistan slide back into barbarity and isolation? As Mike Mullen, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said, we can't kill our way to victory in Afghanistan. On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 1:54 PM, Dana wrote: > ok so -- let me see if I have this straight. We needed to be in > Afghanistan because the Taliban were thumbing their noses at us. Bad > Taliban. So we bomb some stuff. Now we can't get out of Afghanistan > because they won't let us rebuild it? That can't really be what you > are saying :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:269098 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
