Afghanistan Is Hopeless and Unchanging

[davidswanson]

Run time: 08:10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBckFOgHSqQ   Posted on YouTube: June 23, 2010 By YouTube Member: RTAmerica Views on YouTube: 176   Posted on DU: June 23, 2010 By DU Member: davidswanson Views on DU: 672

 

[Enthusiast]

1. There is no other way to see it.

If we stayed for a century with a million troops it would still fall short of the original goal. In the meantime it is just a drain on the country.

[mmonk]

2. Recommended.

Good job David.

[izquierdista]

3. Got to do it through Congress

Have them pull the plug, just like they did on VietNam in 1975.

Just as soon as we can run Kucinich through the cloning machine a couple hundred times......

[gorfle]

6. Precisely.

The only way this snake can be killed is by cutting off it's dollar head.

We also need to alter our laws so that indefinite wars cannot be waged without a declaration of war.

[izquierdista]

7. Not necessarily alter

Just follow Article I, Section 8 -- to the letter.

[libodem]

4. Thanks David

That was awesome. Good work!

[burnsei sensei]

5. Saving face?

What face is there to save for America?
As far as I'm concerned, we lost face in the international community the second we opened Guantanamo and invaded Afghanistan.

[mmonk]

8. +1000

While Americans sway and move their hand held mini flags at public events such as sporting venues as Lee Greenwood's "Proud To Be An American" plays over the P.A. system, I feel so removed. Proud of what exactly?