It seems like you prefer that you live in a world in which you think that the oceans are going to protect us like it us too in the past. I don’t care how long it takes and as for paying for it we should cut some useless social programs or maybe your idol Paul should give up his earmarks for the Afgan war..
Re-read your history. The oceans never protected us. Throughout the eighteenth and much of the ninteenth century, the U.S. was often surrounded by the possessions of hostile powers including the British to the North and the Spanish and French to the South and West.
You seem to be willing to believe and blindly follow Obama hook, line, sinker. That is your right but don't criticize me for daring to doubt the good intentions of our new maximum leader.
Cmon now. We need to withdraw and feel the pride we felt when the leftists pulled the plug on Vietnam, though we never lost a battle. Of course, the leftists preferred and still prefer the communists over the US.
But just for the target practice alone, Afghanistan is worth it.
NATO: 10 Taliban killed in Afghan raid - Senior commander among targeted militants
http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=61537
33 Taliban killed in clashes with NATO forces
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\19\story_19-3-2009_pg7_48
Five killed in Mirali drone attack
http://www.onlinenews.com.pk/details.php?id=142901
Massive military operation disrupts Taliban staging ground
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090321.wafghanmis0321/BNStory/Afghanistan/home
Afghanistan: Coalition forces kill 12 militants
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/07/afghanistan.militants.dead/
US missile strike in Kurram agency levels Taliban training camp
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/03/us_missile_strike_in.php
NATO Troops Kill Senior Taliban Commander
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123779326176512221.html
Let’s hope every jihadi on the planet chooses to fight in Afghanistan.