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Simple question: why are we working side by side with these people if they have a history of using suicide agents?

This is just my opinion, others with more experience or understanding may want to clarify and correct.

It's one thing to have allies. Up to and including the Korean War we had allies, but we also had clearly defined enemies that could be pointed out on a map. “They control everything on that side of the line, we control this side.” We fought to move the line.

In Vietnam we had a clear enemy behind a defined line and refused to fight him there. So we ended up doing all the fighting behind our own line. The enemy infiltrated our allies and we could not trust them. That set the blueprint for almost every war since. The 1991 Gulf War was the exception. Saddam Hussein thought he could fight us over a line and he got crushed. The second time around they didn't make that mistake. The Iraqi army just melted away and we spent six bloody years fighting a guerrilla/terrorist war before there was a semblance of peace.

The leaders of Al qaida and the Taliban aren't uneducated goat herders. Their followers might be, but they aren't. They know about Vietnam, Somalia and Lebanon. They know how to defeat us. They use our inherent good nature against us. They know we want to trust and help the poor people of their country. They know we can't stomach the losses. They know our allies will melt away and our media will undermine our moral. They know our leaders are not single minded and focused.

Even if we win and set up some form of fairy tale democracy where women vote and there is a legislative body the people will just elect the next dictator. It is inevitable. Their religion and culture will not tolerate the independence of thought required for a free nation.

We have no Afghan allies. Oh, there are individuals and maybe small groups who truly believe, but for the most part they are chaff in the wind. Our only allies are those nations who feel the need to buy our protection at the cost of losing their own young men. And they will pay no more than the minimum because they see no victory or reward.

We should bomb them and leave. Just declare victory.

How many incidents of this type have occurred so far. I have always said you can't trust these bastards. Now his brother says he has been under stress for financial reasons. it is always and excuse with these people like saying the killer is mentally ill. There is not one Muslim in Afghanistan or Pakistan and damn few in Iraq worth the lives of one of our military.