In the first place, a Taliban-led Afghanistan IS a threat, so that’s not an option. We have to win. Part of that victory is just as Petraeus did in Fallujah and elsewhere: introduce (slowly) democratic principles. Even the Bible says, “How will they hear without a preacher?”
Sorry, LS we have wasted enough taxpayer money, and military might to NATION BUILD,
we might as well pull out, secondly since you to know this:
There is no way that the Afghan peole will turn aroudn without a change of heart; that can only come about because of the Gospel. No amount of bombs, mortors, or bullets will change that.
If they directly harbor Alqaeda: then go after those who do, but leave the rest alone militarily.
WE get nothing from DEMOCRATIZATION OR NATION Bldg.. (just a question: were you old enough to pay attention during Bill Clinton’s police/nation building efforts in Somalia, Hati, Yugoslavia?) I was (though I was in my teens) and I remember most conservatives opposed Nation building/police actions because OUR MILITARY IS NOT MADE FOR THAT PURPOSE!
Until Bush came and changed that (the notion that Conservatives have to be for nation building/police action).
Afghanistan has few products at this time that we need for trade, either.