Russia couldn't win there. Americans are having trouble, too. The news out of Afghanistan is gruesome at best. Do we walk away or hunker down and blast it off the map?
Americans are a kind lot for the most part. The thought of innocent women and children being killed takes the second option off the table.
But how else do we dismantle the Taliban and al Qaeda without total destruction? How else do we get rid of Bin Laden, the true face of evil?
We're caught between a rock and a hard place, aren't we? No one can forget 9/11, the Cole disaster or the embassy bombings without remembering it was Bin Laden who engineered this destruction. But how far can we go to get him? How many soldiers have to die for this cause?
The numbers from Afghanistan, while no where near the ones from Iraq, are continuing to mount. Can we win this one?
Without the help of Pakistan, it is nearly impossible to imagine, given the conditions facing our brave men and women. We heard that money supplies were being cut off and yet, the enemy still finds ways to infiltrate our country and to fund the war in Afghanistan. They are still finding capital to train terrorists and send them around the world to wreak havoc and still keep the fight going in their own despotic country. Some say it's drug money funding their operation. Whatever is keeping them going, we need to stop it.
There is only one answer to this dilemma. Either launch a full scale attack or get the hell out of there. I realize if we walk away we're giving the enemy full reign to launch even more attacks against America and those nations who support us. Eventually, Bin Laden will die. Life expectancy is only 45 over there and he's already reached beyond that age. I'm not one to walk away from a fight but without assistance from other nations, we have to go it alone. More troops are needed and these appropriations come from the Congress. How these men and women can deny the needs of the military and not feel any responsiblity for the deaths that occur because of their actions, is reprehensible.
Whatever our leaders decide to do, we have to support the efforts of our military. And if they come home without victory, we still have to be proud of them and treat them as heroes.
Condoleesa Rice has said that if we bring our troops home, the terrorists are certain to attack us on our own soil. I think that is true. So where do we go from here?
I realize that Iraq was an unpopular war, but that is in the past and cannot be changed. As that effort scales down and we move forward, how do we handle al Qaeda and the insufferable Taliban who want to kill all Americans? ~ One Voice
Unfortunately, leaving Afghanistan is not an option. We would lose Pakistan as an ally, and the world would witness our defeat and see it for what it is--weakness, courtesy of Barack Obama. The two main problems with Afghanistan are the corrupt native government and the drugs. If Obama wants to remake a country, he should take on Afghanistan and leave the US alone.
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