The goal should be a free society with education standards, shelter and food for all. (Sounds socialist to me)

>Should the US get involved only in countries where he can get some ressource (like oil)? What about humans? Aren't they a viable ressource?
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>I'm not in favor of war, but I think that the US have the moral obligation to cleanup up their mess they started over there. So no, I'm not in favor of the US getting out of the Afghanistan soon.
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>>Can anyone give me even one good reason we should stay in Afghanistan?
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>>I truly don't get it. Our interests there are rapidly going to hell yet we are not only still there, we are escalating. Why?!
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>>Do we have strategic interests such as oil or political alliances? No.
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>>Do we even have good allies in power there? No. The recent election has demonstrated to all the world how corrupt Karzai is. (And he has the nerve to posture as anti-American when trolling for votes).
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>>Will the Taliban and other Islamic fundamentalists hate us any less (or more) if we leave? No.
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>>Is there a threat to our security from Afghanistan? No.
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>>Has any imperial power ever subdued the Afghans? No. They may not have more ammo than the occupiers/invaders but they are more committed.
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>>Do we have other things we should be focusing on? YES.
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>>I can see Afghanistan becoming Obama's Vietnam. Started by someone else, escalated on his watch, turning into a very expensive quagmire in terms of both lives and money. And for what? We don't even have the old domino theory to prop this one up.
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>>We should get out now.