As always, so many in America are using the situation to their political benefit. On the radio this morning I heard that the US military has secured the airport. So there's still hope that we can get out a lot more people. It seems to me that this day was inevitable. After 20 years it's obvious that we built nothing. It was a waste of ou…
As always, so many in America are using the situation to their political benefit. On the radio this morning I heard that the US military has secured the airport. So there's still hope that we can get out a lot more people. It seems to me that this day was inevitable. After 20 years it's obvious that we built nothing. It was a waste of our efforts. We should've gone in, got Bin Laden, and got out. And of course, we never should've gone into Iraq. We need to learn that you simply can't impose values on people who don't want your values. They are paternalistic religious conservatives who want a primitive monoculture based on the Quran. They were never going to accept a progressive, multi-cultural democracy. Hopefully, we've finally learned our lesson.
And everyone should be proud of all of the brave journalists who are bringing us these stories. Without them, we wouldn't know anything about what's happening there.
The plan was to get out. And it was the right plan. And by the way, we aren't seeing massive killings. That could change. But, from what I've read about Afghan society, that doesn't look likely. They have a long history of reconciling after fighting.
As always, so many in America are using the situation to their political benefit. On the radio this morning I heard that the US military has secured the airport. So there's still hope that we can get out a lot more people. It seems to me that this day was inevitable. After 20 years it's obvious that we built nothing. It was a waste of our efforts. We should've gone in, got Bin Laden, and got out. And of course, we never should've gone into Iraq. We need to learn that you simply can't impose values on people who don't want your values. They are paternalistic religious conservatives who want a primitive monoculture based on the Quran. They were never going to accept a progressive, multi-cultural democracy. Hopefully, we've finally learned our lesson.
And everyone should be proud of all of the brave journalists who are bringing us these stories. Without them, we wouldn't know anything about what's happening there.
And you honestly think that a stop gap, half assed effort to send in troops is a "plan?"
The plan was to get out. And it was the right plan. And by the way, we aren't seeing massive killings. That could change. But, from what I've read about Afghan society, that doesn't look likely. They have a long history of reconciling after fighting.