Don't you know if we don't fight them over there we'll have the fight them here?
I live overseas and I know that line of thought is pure bullshit.
That has been quite effective against the middle east jihadists. In Afghanistan, it does not in anyway apply to Taliban. Taliban don't care about attacking western countries. Their just a corrupt local governing body. For Al Queda and other global jihadists, we have severely disrupted their organizations and network by fighting them over there. Also, we kept their militants busy fighting on foreign lands so they weren't traveling over sees to attack here.