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Originally Posted by editec  So now Afghaistan is a protectorate of the USA?
When did our original mission (which was to track down the alQuada forces and drive out the Taliban goverment) morph into that endless mission?
I don't recall Congress signing onto that mission. | Yet the Dems want it to be that. It makes no sense to leave when it will just become a haven again for the terrorists. Just the reality that is Afghanistan.
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