I believe that if we leave Afghanistan tomorrow or ten years from now, the results will be the same, except we will have expended a lot more lives and money then than we have already.
I just read a snippit about the book, Dys. It might be one I want to read, and I virtually never read books on politics, much less decision making re invasion, police action, drones, et al.
Probably (will be horrible either way). So was Vietnam, though. I pity Obama, making these decisions. It actually seems worse, now, when people (no matter who, soldiers or locals) get killed.
I believe edgarblythe is exactly right. Their governments willingness to deal with the Taliban, and the corruption from top to bottom just isn't worth dying for.
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roger
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Wed 22 Sep, 2010 04:15 pm
@dyslexia,
Who is Kucinich?
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ossobuco
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Wed 22 Sep, 2010 04:24 pm
@Pemerson,
Sorry, Obama's War (I think is the title) by Bob Woodward.
lot of links out there now.. I didn't hear of it until this afternoon.
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cicerone imposter
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Wed 22 Sep, 2010 04:33 pm
@edgarblythe,
That's also true of Iraq. Ten years from now, there won't be any changes for that country before Saddam. Violence will continue between the kurds, Suni and Shia for a "thousand" more years.
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