[Old Teufel Hunden]

"Just get out and use air campaigns."

Think through what you are saying. To have an air campaign, we need an air base. Where should our air base be? We no longer have the Manas Air base in Kyrgyzstan. We have nothing over there except in Afghanistan where we have Bagram and Kandahar air bases. If we pull out as you want, we have no way of conducting an air campaign.

You might say we could just send B-52s from America or Diego Garcia. Yes we could do that, but it would be a limited air campaign that could not achieve any truly measurable long term goals and we would also need flyover rights from countries. What if Afghanistan did not allow us rights into their air space? Do we just do it anyways in violation of all international laws? That would be an act of war with the lawful government of Afghanistan.

This is an emotional issue, but one that needs to be thought through logically, not with our emotions.

[Trump_vs_Evil_Witch]

Just exactly what interest does the United States have in Afghanistan....other than providing the CIA’s HUGE opium trade/heroin dealing US military protection? What geo-strategic value exists, ....other than the opium?

What is to be won? What does winning look like?

[Trump_vs_Evil_Witch]

What geo-strategic value exists, ....other than the secret war funding opium trade?

What is to be won? What does winning look like?