[robertpaulsen]

"If U.S. forces were to leave, the Taliban -- or something like it -- would regain power."

Who said anything about leaving? We still have troops in Germany, Japan, and Korea 50 years after those wars were over.

Why would Afghanistan be any different?

[Gunslingr3]

Who said anything about leaving? We still have troops in Germany, Japan, and Korea 50 years after those wars were over. Why would Afghanistan be any different?

The Germans and Japanese quit shooting at us.