(Image: Remnants of an Army, by Elizabeth Butler)
With Iraq pacified (sort of) and the "kinetic military action" over Libya in full-swing, not to mention our burgeoning deficit, it's time to evaluate the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan.
We've been in Afghanistan since we routed the Taliban in 2001. We have very little to show for our efforts and our nation continues to hemorrhage blood and treasure into the so-called "graveyard of empires."
So the question is: Should we leave the dust and poppy fields of Afghanistan behind?
John, writing for Powerline and JB on Blackfive seem to think so:
If all we're doing is playing an endless game of Whack-a-Mole, then maybe it is time to go.
Karla Senior had this to say:
Why not get out now? Historically, that’s more or less what every one else has done. Maybe Afghanistan is so f***ed up nobody can do anything with the place. Dribs and drabs of success do not seem worth the cost in lives. But what do I know?
While Comrade Karla, brings up an excellent point:
The other part of the problem is nobody reads history—the British learned the hard way about renting Afghan tribal leaders. The idea of electing a Pashtun was probably doomed from the start.
I wonder if anyone read the history of Afghanistan, before we tried "nation building" where none has existed before.
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