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Originally Posted by RetiredGySgt  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.[/QUOTE]
and what in the Constitution makes THIS OUR MISSION? Babysitting the world with my and your tax monies? | Our National Interests make it OUR mission. Protecting ourselves from Terrorists makes it OUR interest and our Mission. By the way, NATO provides most of the troops at the moment.
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