RE: US and Taliban sign deal to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan
March 8, 2020 at 10:05 pm
Depending on which numbers you want to take as accurate, we've killed anywhere from 500,000 to 1.2 million people in the Middle East and have lost just below about 10 thousand American lives. We've torn that region of the world to shreds for the past 17 years... and for what? I couldn't care less about the fact that we "haven't broken the will" of the Middle East... I don't think that was ever our intention. Our intention was revenge, and potentially oil and heroin, depending on who you ask.
The real question is, what's the point of continuing the fight? Your people are being killed not only by us, but by each other as well. ISIL and other jihadist groups terrorize civilians over there, fighting with the militaries, with the police forces and even with each other. I think the Middle East has enough problems without us being a part of the equation. We've tried to help the people over there for years. And they do not want our help. Soldiers I know told me that the armies over there would listen to the Americans while we were stationed there, then would immediately going back to doing things the old way as soon as Americans left their base.
You can lead a horse to water, as they say.
All in all, I just don't see the point in us continuing to be over there. We've killed far too many people, civilians included, and have accomplished what? Call it defeat, call it whatever you like. Many people in the Middle East seem hellbent on continuing to live in a way that no sane person would call civilized. Pride gets you nowhere in war. And apparently, pride is just too important to many of these people. It's a shame.
The real question is, what's the point of continuing the fight? Your people are being killed not only by us, but by each other as well. ISIL and other jihadist groups terrorize civilians over there, fighting with the militaries, with the police forces and even with each other. I think the Middle East has enough problems without us being a part of the equation. We've tried to help the people over there for years. And they do not want our help. Soldiers I know told me that the armies over there would listen to the Americans while we were stationed there, then would immediately going back to doing things the old way as soon as Americans left their base.
You can lead a horse to water, as they say.
All in all, I just don't see the point in us continuing to be over there. We've killed far too many people, civilians included, and have accomplished what? Call it defeat, call it whatever you like. Many people in the Middle East seem hellbent on continuing to live in a way that no sane person would call civilized. Pride gets you nowhere in war. And apparently, pride is just too important to many of these people. It's a shame.
If you're frightened of dying, and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the Earth.
