Whatever. What a tremendous waste of blood and treasure. Afghanistan will be full af Afghani's long after we finally leave, just like the Russians, British, Persians and Greeks before us. They will still have their little book to set order to their pathetic lives. They will still prefer sex with little boys, grow opium, sell 12 year old girls to old men as 3rd wives, herd goats and whatever else their 3rd world culture takes as normal.
What does "delousing" mean to you, exactly. The idea that there is some mass of "good" Afghani's just waiting to turn Kandahar into the next Omaha or Eugene is absurd. We picked our favorite dope-dealing warlord from among a short list and are now helping him kick ass on the others. Didn't the American's just acquiese to negotiations with the Taliban recently? So this week we'll shell some hovel, drive out the impoverished Pushtans living there, and then next week Karzi will sit down with their leaders and cut a deal.
Pointless. Quagmire.
Whew.
I thought you were ‘channeling’ Murtha there for a minute.
Why have all these troops if you’re not gonna use them.. The question of how effectively you use them is is the tricky one.
I hear ya tho re: the entrenchment of certain ‘values’ in that area.. and how we deal with them.