Now, you want to change the subject and try and indicate that American soldiers are depressed.
Well, I know quite af few who have served there and are serving their and those I know are not depressed. They are concerned because they feel the current administration will make what they have fought for in vain...but, up to this time, there has been a significant re-up rate amonst those soldiers. Most of those understand that fighting the islamic jihadist and extremists there has made it much more difficult for them to plan attacks and bring them here.
I have no doubt that there are those who are depressed, and that there are those who question things. When you have tens of thousands of people involved in any endeavor that will be the case.
But remember, these are all volunteers. And as I stated, up to this point many of them have volunteered over and over again. You might want to ask yourself why.
As I said, based on my own friends, the answer is clear.
Many feel that they are risking their lives — and that colleagues have died — for a futile mission and an Afghan population that does nothing to help them.
“Making the World Safe for Democracy” is a Wilsonian concept, that had disastrous results in World War One.
George W. Bush’s “Making the Middle East Safe for Democracy” is by no means conservative . .
I agree that we need at least 60,000 more troops in Afghanistan. I differ with you in that I want those troops to be Afghanis, not Americans.