rightwinger
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You just don't get it do you RW.
If we don't leave these places in far better condition than they were when we found them, twenty years down the road, we'll just have to go back and do it again. And next time our credibility with the indigenous population will be less than zero.
It happened in Iraq. Had we ousted Saddam the first time around, we would have been the heroes of the Iraqi people.
Had we helped the Afghans in the 80's after there overthrow of the soviet puppet government, we would have had a staunch ally instead of an enemy that helped launch the 9/11 tragedy.
We should learn from these mistakes, not repeat them.
Isn't that what an exit strategy is?
We need a definite plan of what needs to be accomplished and when. Protecting the peace is not an exit strategy, neither is winning the hearts and minds of the people.
If we are going to send 40,000 additional troops we need a plan on wht we expect them to accomplish. Otherwise, send them all home
It would seem that what we need first is an entry strategy. Then we need a goal strategy. And after all that we need an exit strategy.
But why has it taken Obama 10 months as president and who knows how many as candidate to figure this one out?
Where do you get 10 months?
We have been in Afghanistan nearly 8 years without a cogent strategy of what we hope to accomplish and how we expect to extricate ourselves from Afghanistan. How many years did it take the Soviets to figure out a winning strategy?