There may be nothing to fight for over there, but a lot to fight for THERE, right here.
If we pull out without having some kind of stable government there, the Taliban will return once again and attack us.
Afghanistan is just one more in an endless series of battles against a lunatic behavior that has been going on since the 600s.
My guess is that even before Islam darkened there doors in that area of the world, these tribal inbreds were slaughtering each other over goats and sheep.
Afghanistan is one big problem.
The Taliban can’t ‘return’ because it is already there and in control of 2/3 of the country.
There is no central government there, not in the sense that we think of a national government. There is what we propped up ... a weak government that basically controls Kabul and maybe a few other cities. That’s it.
Most of Afghanistan is controlled by local chiefs and ‘headmen’ and always has been. Many of these are ‘taliban’ which just means they are hard line on Islamic law.
Please, please, please everyone read up on Afghanistan. Read the history. Read from people who have been over there. There is a ton of first-hand information being published all over the place fromm people who have actually been there and know what is going on ... plus many historians who have documented the history of the place. These are not secrets that no one can find out about.
“If we pull out without having some kind of stable government there, the Taliban will return once again and attack us.”
I missed the Islamic world building an amphibious invasion fleet. Also, we have B-52s. If they get froggy, bomb them until they plead for it to stop.
Your plan would have us there for 100 years.
Until we admit that Islam is NOT A “RELIGION,” but rather Islam is a hyper-aggressive, militaristic, expansionist totalitarian political ideology ... We will never win against its expansion.
Islam is, by its very nature, a terrorist mind set. It can never be “reformed;” and any who suggest that it is possible to reform this death cult are either living in serious denial, or else they are themselves subversive operatives acting as a 5th column for Islamic terrorists.