Part we agree on: I agree that the Taliban enabled Al Qaeda who attacked the United States. And that means I totally support our attacking and destroying the Taliban and paying them back many times over for what they did to us. And I had no problem with our military staying involved and keeping them down by bombing and whatever else we wanted to do to them for as long as we need to keep them from being a threat and as a warning others what we will do to them.
What I don't agree with: Nation building in Afghanistan. It's a tribal country. Russia failed to control it. Britain failed four times. We had no chance. We should not have invaded and tried to build a government there. To maintain the government, we will have to stay for centuries. That is insane. W was a moron and really screwed us by putting us in an impossible situation where we could never leave.
It's really unfortunate that we sent so many Americans who fought and died for our country. My niece was in the military there and her husband did at least five tours that I remember. Now we pull out and it falls negating their sacrifice and the price we and they paid. I feel genuinely bad about that.
But what choice do we have? We have been there for almost 20 years and they aren't remotely able to support themselves. They won't be in our lifetimes. They won't be in our children's lifetimes.
What should we have done? What is the solution other than leaving? I can't believe Bush went in without realizing this is how at one point or another it would end.
As CBS News visits the viciously contested front line, it's clear U.S. troops are leaving behind an Afghan security force struggling to fend off a resurgent Taliban.
www.cbsnews.com
Friends with a retired decorated Colonel. He served in Vietnam and was a Colonel for 30 years.
He had conversation with me one time and most of us are what we would call "amateurs."
Meaning, whatever field you are in or a professional, there are amateurs always talking about what they would do.
Perhaps nothing is more true than war or battle. While amateurs are always discussing what they would do, the professionals are studying LOGISTICS.
That is a word that encompasses a lot of issues. For instance the left wing idiots always talk about how our country "occupies" certain countries cause we have military bases there. Of course they do. They are dumb, not to mention traitors and all American haters parroting the hateful world lead.
This country SUBJUGATES NO ONE. All of those countries governments WELCOME OUR PROTECTION AND OUR MONEY.
From a LOGISTICAL STANDPOINT it is imperative that we are in vast different regions on this planet.
Why?
The LOGISTICAL reality of troop deployment among other things. Without those bases, rapid response would be impossible.
Of course when a Democrat is in office, they do a wonderful job of emboldening our enemies.
Look no further than the Benghazi disaster. Under her husband, the Somalia debacle which greatly emboldened Al Qaeda and bin laden used it as the example to recruit his members and said America doesn't have the stomach for war.
Here is the REALITY in regards to Afghanistan. We need our presence there. We need to have hardware there. We need to be able to rapidly respond to terrorism or attacks on our allies. Abandoning them only allows the terror groups to grow into monsters.
Isis is an example of Obamas version of Frankensteins monster. To say nothing of his domestic monsters created under obama. Antifa and blm.
Unfortunately there are too many of us that don't understand the RRALITY of the world and how imperative it is from a LOGISTICAL PERSPECTIVE to be there.
We will have to learn the hard way.....AGAIN.
