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Is there anyone in America more CLUELESS than Rand Paul ? This total ignoramus has been all over the TV networks and the internet asking why our military is still in Afghanistan. WOW. And this guy is a US Senator, who is running for President of the United States.
Amazing.
EARTH TO RAND PAUL: Did you not see what happened when Obama pulled the troops out of Iraq in 2011 ? Here's a few clues for you. >> Vacuum. ISIS. Genocide.
Even if there were no threat of ISIS taking over in Afghanistan (they already are moving in and setting the foundation), there has long been 2 very strong reasons for the US military to be in Afghanistan, and that has not changed one iota. The primary reason is so that In the event that the fragile Pakistani govt were to collapse, their 100+ NUCLEAR warheads would not be in danger of going straight into the hands of the Taliban et al jihadists. The US troops could rush in and secure the nukes, and remove them to a safe place.
The second reason is to deny the jihadists (al Qaeda, the Taliban, ISIS, et al) the use of Afghanistan as a place to have training camps (AKA bomb-making schools).
All this has been common knowledge for at least 14 years (since the 9-11 attacks), even to school kids. Maybe Rand Paul could get a job driving a truck, or something else worthwhile, where he won't be endangering the American people. I doubt that Paul has a snowball's chance in hell to get the Republican nomination for president, but he is also running for re-election as Senator. One can only hope the people of Kentucky are smart enough to dump this dufus, before he does any real harm.
EARTH TO RAND PAUL: Did you not see what happened when Obama pulled the troops out of Iraq in 2011 ? Here's a few clues for you. >> Vacuum. ISIS. Genocide.
Even if there were no threat of ISIS taking over in Afghanistan (they already are moving in and setting the foundation), there has long been 2 very strong reasons for the US military to be in Afghanistan, and that has not changed one iota. The primary reason is so that In the event that the fragile Pakistani govt were to collapse, their 100+ NUCLEAR warheads would not be in danger of going straight into the hands of the Taliban et al jihadists. The US troops could rush in and secure the nukes, and remove them to a safe place.
The second reason is to deny the jihadists (al Qaeda, the Taliban, ISIS, et al) the use of Afghanistan as a place to have training camps (AKA bomb-making schools).
All this has been common knowledge for at least 14 years (since the 9-11 attacks), even to school kids. Maybe Rand Paul could get a job driving a truck, or something else worthwhile, where he won't be endangering the American people. I doubt that Paul has a snowball's chance in hell to get the Republican nomination for president, but he is also running for re-election as Senator. One can only hope the people of Kentucky are smart enough to dump this dufus, before he does any real harm.