[markomalley]

Could somebody please refresh my memory as to why we are still over there?

[jsanders2001]

> Could somebody please refresh my memory as to why we are still over there?

Weapons sales.../s

[BCW]

He knows who is going to be in charge once the US leaves...

[Netz]

Well, we WERE committed to the old phrase, “War on terror” but then after Bush's successful “Surge” we elected a metro-sexual ninny. From that day forward, the Al-Qaeida decided to step up the insurgency and drive the Westerners out ASAP. What's left is a residue of what once was resolve.
Reminds me of Nixon's “Vietnamizaton’ policy which was supposed to phase out US troops and supplant them with solid, relabel South Vietnamese who would take the fight to the VC.
Well, just as in Vietnam, with no long term support, the Afghani house of cards will fall very quickly and Al_Qaieda will move right back in to where they were in 2001.

[blueplum]

because Zero was/is absolutely convinced that Afganistan was the “right” war and Iraq was the “bad” war.

[LibLieSlayer]

obama’s fault... a child king cannot a warrior be.

[vet7279]

We sure do a great job of winning the hearts and minds.... Either fight it to win or get the hell out.

[Toadman]

When the Bamster told them our 2014 withdrawal date, many of our assets dried up over night. Why should they help when we’re hanging them out to dry?

Won’t be surprised if more of this occurs. The departure will be ugly.

[Anton.Rutter]

So, instead of working for the terrorist in chief, he’s working for the terrorist in a cave. To quote the quarter ton carpet Hoover, “what difference does it make?”

Bring them home until there is an America to fight for, and an American leading us again.

[Venturer]

Training Muslims to kill Americans.

I suppose that makes sense to Obama, I call it treason.

He is doing the same thing in Libya.

[Pan_Yan]

Could somebody please refresh my memory as to why we are still over there?

I'll piece this together as best I can. We invaded to kill Al Qaeda. History has shown that trying to hold Afghanistan is a fool's game so Bush left about 30,000 troops to keep the cities from falling then invaded Iraq which brought out all the "foreign fighter" terrorists into a battlefield of our choosing. We killed them in large numbers.

Enter the Junior Senator from Illinois, who ran on the platform that Afghanistan was the "good war" and Iraq was the "bad war." Once he got elected by a bunch of glassy eyed hopey-dopey addicts his staff worked to make the campaign platform a reality. They abandoned Iraq, making sure to rub everyone's noses in it on the way out the door, thus guaranteeing the failure we are watching unfold now.

They surged Afghanistan up to 100,000 troops even though the whole population was against us, the government of Afghanistan was corrupt beyond repair and the supply lines couldn't support it. We then set a dead line for withdraw, ensuring that our enemies didn't lose faith.

We built up an Afghan army that is now trained and equipped and completely unsustainable. It will flip the moment the last American chopper lifts off, thus ensuring the humiliating defeat of this generation of Americans and fulfilling the most fervent dreams of all liberals since September 2001 - creating another Vietnam.

Did I miss anything?