[rktman]

Time to go boys and girls. It's past due. The only thing they understand is annihilation. If no one is willing to show them that, then time to go.

[thoughtomator]

I propose we send the entire Bush family to the Taliban to stand trial as compensation.

[coon2000]

I agree 100%. If we are not willing to pull a Sherman on them, we need to get out.

[Spok]

The first thing I think of is the “agreement “ we had with North Vietnam before we withdrew. It ended looking like we were thrown out.

[Zhang Fei]

[Time to go boys and girls. It’s past due. The only thing they understand is annihilation. If no one is willing to show them that, then time to go.]

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Given domestic sensibilities about annihilation and the Taliban’s love of foreign terrorist organizations, I expect this means we’ll be back in Afghanistan again and again. I suppose you could think of 9/11 as the first in a series of large-scale Muslim-initiated urban renewal projects.

[Signalman]

Absolutely no doubt the Taliban will take over as soon as we leave, just as the N. Vietnamese took over in ‘Nam.

Do I care? Not one bit.

[libertylover]

Should’ve just declared victory and left. The Taliban won’t honor any agreement for very long because they are not honorable people.

[Theoria]

Cool. Let China or Russia go and nation build there.

[chuckee]

I think with Afghanistan and Iraq, war costs are the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the Middle East. It is the rebuilding that is much more expensive in American treasure and lives than the actual war. Perhaps “bomb and leave” , rinse and repeat” until the bad behavior stops is a more sensible policy when it comes to these alien creatures that live there. After a while although their populace will hate us a little more than they hated us before we turned their structures into rubble, their tyrants will get the message that bad behavior has consequences and return to their regular modus operandi in the Middle East of killing each other which they have been doing for ages and which does not affect us..

[montag813]

So the Taliban hid Bin Laden for a time. SO WHAT?

(1) Mohammed Atta and friends planned 9/11 in HAMBURG.
(2) We let them all in on visas, more than half of which had EXPIRED before 9/11.
(3) 6 of the 19 hijackers -- including Atta -- were DETAINED by law enforcement (Atta for speeding) with EXPIRED visas in their possession. ALL were released, without INS being contacted.
(4)Two flight schools where the hijackers trained reported "concerns" about them, specifically noting that two students said "I don't need to know how to land." Nothing was done.

We did this to OURSELVES. TRILLIONS down the drain and 2.372 DEAD in Afghanistan and we STILL don't have an Entry/Exit visa system in place (top 5 priority of 9/11 commission).

[mosaicwolf]

As the great Yogi Berra said “Deja Vu all over again.”

[buckalfa]

In the heat of anger after 9-11, most of us including myself were hell bent on destroying the Taliban and Bin Laden. I was glued to the threads extolling the exploits of our special forces, Tora Bora, and all of that. Yet after wasting American life and treasure for seventeen years, I do not see our interests or security being enhanced. Past time to leave. I hate to think it, but maybe Slick Willy had the better strategy of lobbing cruise missles at baby milk factories.

[VTenigma]

Time to go boys and girls. It’s past due. The only thing they understand is annihilation. If no one is willing to show them that, then time to go.

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This ^ Way past time to go. What genius came up with this plan. Like the Taliban will abide by any agreement. We are truly living in a Kakistocracy.

[bgill]

We shouldn’t still be there.

We shouldn’t trust the Taliban.