>>>>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.
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>>>It's kind of humorous to hear that, given the liberal whine for the last several years was that President Bush should be focusing the war on terror (oops - sorry - it's not called that so it will go away now) in Afghanistan.
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>>>Now Obama is losing there and giving up Iraq (and being made a fool of by N Korea and being laughed at pretty much anywhere else where they hate us), so we really shouldn't be there now.
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>>>Afghanistan was never a threat to us.
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>>>We all live in peace and harmony under the Messiah.
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>>>Yep. That's what it is.
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>>We agree exactly other than the Obama diss. This is the first time since hockey.
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>>I don't think he's been made a fool of by anyone yet.
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>>This is an honest question. Do you think your antipathy toward him is at least in part racially motivated? That's a loaded question and sincerely asked. We're all friends here even though we bicker like family.
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>No. I realize that that is the standard argument when someone disagrees with the Messiah so you had to ask.

I didn't have to ask anything. I asked you. Slogans nor R us.