Reply #73: I support Obama on many things, but not with any policy that will keep us in Afghanistan. [View All]

[Swamp Rat]

The 2nd to last paragraph from your link:

"I remind everybody, the United States of America did not choose to fight a war in Afghanistan." - Obama is wrong. We chose to go to Afghanistan. I distinctly remember Rep. Barbara Lee (D - CA) try to stop the rush to war in Afghanistan in the Fall of 2001.

"... Al Qaeda and its allies have since killed thousands of people in many countries... That is the future that al Qaeda is offering to the people of Pakistan and Afghanistan -- a future without hope or opportunity; a future without justice or peace." - The so-called 'Al-Qaeda' are in numerous countries throughout the world, and many more groups will come and go, some of whom have been or will have been trained and armed by the CIA, the Pakistani ISI, or other governmental entities. Are we going to invade every country and set up 'democratic governments', train militaries, rebuild infrastructures?... forever? With what money and whose lives?

This is about empire, plain and simple. We have military bases all over the world guarding our energy resources, and I doubt Obama has the power or the will to shut them down.

Of one thing I am certain. The USA will never win a land war in Asia, especially in the geographic region known as the 'Country of Afghanistan."

If Obama chooses to stay in Afghanistan, many more American lives will be lost, more 'terrorist' groups will organize to fight us, and our national treasury will be depleted to the point where few if any social programs will materialize on our own shores in our lifetime.

In other words, we will lose the 'war', and Obama will be blamed. If he choses to leave, Obama will be blamed for losing the 'war' as well, but far fewer American lives will be lost, taxpayer dollars can be spent on domestic needs, and Americans will be more safe overall.