If we're doing such a great job, how did a major figure in the Taliban get into the US? If millions of Mexicans can come over the border unmolested, so can others. And now our efforts in Afghanistan have resulted in a state that wants to put people to death for having committed the crime of converting from Islam... is that really what we went there to accomplish?
Bill Clinton had his own "War on Terror", if you recall.
Your position is the one that is ridiculous. It's no different from having taken an identical position in 2000, completely unfounded overconfidence. The only sensible position is to expect an attack at any time as long as the enemy continues to exist. Any other position betrays a complete misunderstanding of the threat.
You really think 4 years of effort is going to completely reverse hundreds of years of thinking, hundreds of years of a bigoted philosophy .....of course it isn't. Not completely (Hell go to the South and I'll show you some of our own continuous black-eyes here in the States).
But for you to suggest or even infer that an incredible amount of progress hasn't been made in Afghanistan is utterly foolish and intellectually empty. Bordering on pathetic.
No use wasting any more time with this on you. After a suggestion such as that. We have brave men and women working their as$es off 24/7 and achieving incredible progress in the process...and for you to take a silly swipe that success and that commitment....ends our need for this conversation.
The only sensible position is to expect an attack at any time as long as the enemy continues to exist. Any other position betrays a complete misunderstanding of the threat.
Which is exactly what this CIC GWB is doing. Running around saying the sky is falling from threats that aren't there serves no purpose however. We only have a limited amount of resources and that is the reality most don't like to deal with. Nor will most put their as$ on the line regarding any of this.