Quote:
Originally Posted by editec  I wish somebody would define what WINNING is in Afghanistan.
Right now, I have no idea what the mission in that nation really is.
It was driving the Taliban out of power.
Seems to me that has been done as well as we can do it, given that the Afghanistani people seem to be more sympathetic to fundamental Islam than to secualry humanist democracy we seem to be pushing. | Unlike Iraq, the Government in Afghanistan is VERY weak and can not trust most of its troops. NATO and the US are there to prop that Government up and to try and train military and police.
I do not foresee any end in sight for that mission, Afghanistan is a nation that has to many groups that hate each other and are to independent minded, they still have warlords.
We leave and the Country will fall to the next dictator or group that imposes draconian restrictions on the people.
__________________
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd. Indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.
-Bertrand Russell
Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable
-Laurence J. Peters
I never said that you had no right to have an opinion. I just said that it was, in fact, worth nothing.
-Maineman ( on 12 June 2007) |