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Originally Posted by billethkid
the USA and it's allies values will be never be transferred to the people who run the government currently or who are standing by to fill the void when ever non Afghanistan forces depart.
Karzai only keeps the US connection for the money.
Eventually we will be asked to leave just as has just happened in Iraq.
There can be no such thing as democracy in the center of the Islam world.
My vote is to cut our losses in lives first and $$$ second and just prepare to leave. Their core beliefs of thousands of years are not going to be changed.
As Obama has proclaimed, when asked to leave Iraq, it is time to work on the needs at home.
btk
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These are excellent points.
We went to Afghanistan to root out terrorist cells which openly attacked us and our interests. Warfare has changed. Our present tactics are tantamount to Cornwallis lining up brightly colored uniform lines and marching to meet the enemy. Add that our large presence magnifies the ugliness and fear of war, which only alienates our hosts and stimulates terrorist recruitment. All the money involved encourages corruption and twists even the best intentioned local leaders.
Intelligence gathering, Seals and drones are what works today.
Get all of our personnel and equipment out asap. Turn on the satellites. Make the "few, good" volunteers Seals and spies. Fight terrorists with terrorists. We do have the resources to make our terrorists more effective at a fraction of the cost of old-fashioned warfare.
This is how to protect America.