RE: American military in afghanistan
April 13, 2014 at 11:39 pm
(This post was last modified: April 13, 2014 at 11:44 pm by Senshi.)
Quote:If americans would not go to afghanistan what bad would happen?
You have to choices.
1. Go to war in afghanistan.
2. Not go to war in afghanistan.
You evaluate consequences of both choices.
How do the consequences of the first option better than the second option?
Go to war:
-Lose soldiers and innocent civilians
-Risk developing a bigger opposition against you
-Spend billions of dollars
-Weaken extremist groups who you know for sure are continuously plotting against you.
-Bring the masterminds of the 9/11 attack to justice
Not go to war
-Spare many lives both military and civilians
-Save money
-Allow the opposition time to grow in strength and abilities
-Risk future attacks that ARE in development
-Send a message of 'no-retaliation'
-Not bring those responsible for 9/11 to justice
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(April 13, 2014 at 11:39 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:"I'm a pashto it is within my traditions to defend my guests with my life" So what should've been a special forces operation turned out to be a conventional war because of the forces involved.
That's a non sequitur. OBL had plenty of help in Pakistan (apparently) and a spec/ops team did just fine.
Time to face reality. We sent at ary because Bush wanted to send an army.
And does taking out OBL imply the end of Al Qaeda or the the Taliban?
Sure SF can clear a building stupendously, but a country?
PM me if you know where this is from "...knees in the breeze" and don't look it up!!
