I remember reading General Bob Scales’ book “Firepower in Limited War” some years back. In it, he had an excellent analysis of the Soviet War in Afghanistan. The thing that sticks in my mind most is how little difference there was between how the Afghanis behaved then and how they act now.
The Soviets came as conquerors, and found their allies in Kabul to be double-dealing, corrupt, and thoroughly incapable of governance. The U.S. came as a liberator and nation-builder, and found the same duplicity and ineffectiveness. The Soviets found their supposed allies in the field to be unenthusiastic at best, sympathetic to (or even openly supportive of) the enemy at worst. How many stories have we seen now of U.S. servicemen or civilian aid workers murdered by supposedly friendly Afghans?
Enough is enough. Bin Laden is dead and nation-building there is a waste. I’m sorry for the minority of Afghanis who really do like us and appreciate our help, but we’ve done all we can. It’s time to go.
Good time to just say auf wiedersehen to that hell hole and bring our guys home. Let ‘em sink or swim without killing One. more. American!!
Obama is torturing Afghans?
Pull our people out and carpet nuke the entire country. They’re all moslems anyway, that makes them the enemy.
This @sshole is long overdue for a dirt nap.
Even a small-time turd like Karzai knows he can push Obama around. What a little schmuck our President is.