It is sad that all the sacrifices that have been made by our brave troops can be undone by the actions of just a few burned out, mentally unbalanced, perhaps ignorant few. First the burning of the Koran's, now the purposeful murder of innocent women and children.
You cannot win the hearts and minds of the people which is what it takes to defeat the Taliban or any other terrorist group which is harbored by the people they live among.
We defeated Al Qaeda, we will not defeat the Taliban. It is time to bring the troops home and let them rest.
It is worth a reminder that Afghanistan is the war that Obama wanted to fight. Bush had turned his attention to Iraq and was phasing out of Afghanistan. Obama had to project a narrative that 1) he was tough on national defense and, 2) Bush was wrong by fighting in Iraq. Hence, he put his cards on Afghanistan and it is a sinkhole. Another failed Obama policy.
ReplyDeleteDo you seriously believe that a President McCain would have done anything differently to protect the mental health of our troops? That would have required a draft, which is something that the "Generals" do not want and all the Republicans say "We listen to the Generals and let them advise us how to conduct our wars." And most Generals today say we should stay in Afghanistan longer than 2014.
ReplyDeleteAt least we agree that it is a sinkhole. Where we differ it that I consider a bipartisan sinkhole and you attribute it all to President Obama who didn't take command of it until 2009.