“The Afghan question now becomes, how does the United States extricate itself from a hopeless ground war without recreating another lawless territory where a new generation of plotters can plan and practice future assaults on the homeland?”
Nuke them. Every square inch.
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All the viable solutions involve cobalt 60.
We do not know what is said in the talks with the Taliban but a message might be quietly delivered “Sraighten up and fly right or we will kill you”
Never should have gone there. If the Taliban was that big of a deal, which I question, there were ways to deal with them that didn’t involve a 20 year war. It is beyond ridiculous. I don’t invalidate anyone who served there, but I do hold this debacle against GWB and his cronies that stood to make bank off of it.
“They hate us cuz our chix can get a college education and go around in bikinis and leggings”
It’s SUCH a lie.
Are they primitive fatalists who like dirt and boy-humping?
Yes.
Do they yearn to re-create the American mid-west in the middle east..?
No.
That NeoCon fantasy is a formula to get ALL our boys killed in wars that DO NOT belong to us.
The rules of engagement prevented our troops from effectively fighting and endangered their lives.
The casualty rate under Obama doubled over the worst month of open warfare under Bush the January Obama took office and remained that way until Trump took office
This article and thread stand as testament to the malicious destructiveness of Western Journalism and the brutal effectiveness of anti-Western Leftist propaganda in producing a myopic, demoralized, self-pitying and defeatist public.
Cue the Khrushchev quote. The fruit is ripe.
Nuke them to the stone age. When they rise again, nuke them again. The current Afgan government is not much different than the Taliban. No freedom of religion exists.
We fight like we are at war but we have not declared war since WWII. We have won most battles but continue to not finish off enemy. As we look back since 9/11,it is just an incredible waste. It makes me sick and demoralized.
No matter what kind of agreement the Taliban make with us Infidels, the Taliban are under no obligation to honor that agreement. Their motivation is religious.
Us Infidels have to educate the public to the fact Islam is a threat to anyone who is not a Muslim.
Not that hard to prove, using he Koran, Hadiths and the life and examples set by Muhammad, and 1400 years of history.
Our problem in this area is extending tolerance to religions that threaten our existence.
We are naive to believe other religions have an underlying basis of respect and love for all people; Islam doesn't.
Only other Muslims will get respect and love, non-Muslims will be subjugated, converted to Islam or killed. -Tom