You have to say it in a way that makes sense. Are you saying that because 15/19 hijackers were Saudi, we should only "pursue" the nation of Saudi Arabia? (In which case I'd say you're being silly.) Or just that we should pursue Al Qaeda wherever they are (but then why keep bringing up the hijackers' nationalities?). In which case, we have already done and are doing that - in Afghanistan, and now in Iraq.
[Apparently you think it's a waste of lives/resources to prevent Al Qaeda from gaining a foothold in a wealthy Middle Eastern country which has a power vacuum. Created by Uncle Sam.]
Indeed, created by Uncle Sam (since we're the ones who toppled the dictator). So, you think that since the United States is who created the power vacuum, that makes it less important for us to prevent Al Qaeda from filling it? It's ok to let Al Qaeda fill the power vacuum because we created it? Bizarre.
Are you willfully misreading my statements or do you not understand the subtle difference between pursuing a rogue gang of thugs in a foreign country (Ali-Quieda) and toppling a foreign government (Hussein)?
What you don't understand is that we didn't merely "pursue a rogue gang of thugs" in Afghanistan. We actually did topple that foreign government, remember!?! And nowadays, there's not all that much "pursuing" we're doing in Afghanistan. We're mostly there safeguarding the new government we've put in the previous government's place. Just as we're doing in Iraq. You seem to see this huge difference between what we're currently doing in Iraq vs. in Afghanistan but there isn't one.
Maybe you should get your facts straight before formulating these conclusions. Am I really having a discussion with someone who doesn't know that we toppled the Taliban government of Afghanistan?
Well if somebody owned a glass company and they went around town breaking windows, I wouldn't commend them on how well their company is doing.
What you don't understand is that we didn't merely "pursue a rogue gang of thugs" in Afghanistan. We actually did topple that foreign government, remember!?! And nowadays, there's not all that much "pursuing" we're doing in Afghanistan. We're mostly there safeguarding the new government we've put in the previous government's place.
You're right, we did topple the Taliban, do you understand that like Hussein in Iraq, WE put the Taliban into power? How many governments are we going to install and topple in foreign countries and how does that endear us to anyone?
You seem to see this huge difference between what we're currently doing in Iraq vs. in Afghanistan but there isn't one.
You are quite right, there isn't one. My bad.