Reply #19: you're the one who's being disingenuous.... [View All]

[mike_c]

Obama has NEVER articulated what he hopes to achieve in Afghanistan. Sure, he's talked a lot about needing to "complete the mission," increase troop strength, and similar nonsense, but NEVER with any hint of why. Just what IS the mission? What will "winning" look like? What objectives will release us from our national obligation to continue killing brown people who've never posed the least threat to Americans? Whose surrender do we need in order to declare victory and remove our military from their country?

The war in Afghanistan is pointless. It continues through a combination of institutional inertia and reluctance to face uncomfortable truths. Further, it is a war of aggression, a crime against humanity.