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Originally Posted by MikeinAR
We are there because the terrorists that struck this country in 2001, were based out of Afghanistan. When we defeated the Taliban and were starting the long process of securing the country so that the terrorists we'd just defeated wouldn't attain power gain when the Iraq war started. Our attention was needlessly diverted and Afghanistan has become a quagmire that there aren't many good solutions for now.
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Do you really feel like we have defeated the TALIBAN? Why are they still active?
As far as a quagmire, you are 100% correct. At least Iraq has some purpose of securing vital assets, ie Oil. Afghanistan has nothing. This is going to be a disaster that will cost us Billions of dollars and thousands of lives.
We are having to ask Russia just to let us fly in or transport non-lethal supplies to our troops. Everything else must come by air. The logistics of this are going to sink Obama. I am not saying "Thus sayeth the Lord", but, you watch, one year from now people are going to be fed up with this and they will be blaming Obama.