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A serious question. What is the US mission in Afghanistan? December 21, 2011 3:24 pm bowser

Not OBL.  Not ridding the place of the Taliban.  Not an honest democracy.  Not even an honest dictatorship.

This is not a wise-ass question.  I really can’t think of a legitimate reason.

The Afghanis don’t want us, the only folks who want us are the politicians who would be thrown out.

I’m not claiming there has been any sort of a victory.  Even Karzai’s personal bodyguard is still foreign.  What I am saying is that Bush could have pulled out before he left office with the identical result as now.  We still would have gotten OBL.

I don’t know why we are there.  Obama should at least make that clear in some terms besides “democracy”, “freedom”.  Even “oil” would be better than nothing.

  • I did ask the question not that long ago: How do you think we should have done things after ... by TB 2011-12-21 17:54:04
    • Here's one of your reasons, Bowser, from someone who should know. Col Lawrence Wilkerson (US Army, Ret.) was chief of staff ... by ER 2011-12-21 16:40:51
      • I think I can disagree without much contradiction on Afghanistan, and with not much less on Iraq. Iraq is Kurdish, Shiite ... by bowser 2011-12-21 20:50:23
        • Although I wouldn't have agreed with you on Afghanistan until about a year ago, I think the time to bring ... by ER 2011-12-21 21:19:22

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