RE: Why Are We Still In Afghanistan?
June 14, 2017 at 3:09 pm
(This post was last modified: June 14, 2017 at 3:11 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(June 13, 2017 at 3:35 pm)Minimalist Wrote: This article asks sobering questions.
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/40916...tem-itself
Quote:Why Afghanistan? Fighting a War for the War System Itself
Quote:President Donald Trump is hesitating to agree to thousands of additional troops for the war in Afghanistan as recommended by his secretary of defense and national security adviser, according to a New York Times report over the weekend.
So, it's a good time to put aside, for a moment, the troop request itself and focus on why the United States has been fighting the Taliban since 2001 -- and losing to them for well over a decade.
The link to the Times story is active. Just like Vietnam, the illusion of military "victory" keeps us reaching for the brass ring.
We are still in Afghanistan because trump hasn't yet had a chance to get his fat ass over to Kandahar and have It personally reamed out by one eyed Taliban mullah.
(June 14, 2017 at 2:44 pm)Minimalist Wrote: To be fair, there is a long list of conquerors of Afghanistan and most of them came from the East. They haven't had a great deal of luck in that regard.
Being on the opposite side of the world from Afghanistan gives us the historically unprecedented advantage of being able invade Afghanistan from either the east or the west, depending on which route will get us more screwed.
