You wouldn't have written this all if your country was better able of winning the hearts of the citizens, there and in other such countries, like Iraq. The US military has a lot of steel power and muscles, but that's simply not enough in such cases.


>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.