“We are there and we are committed” was the regular retort of Secretary of State Dean Rusk during the war in Vietnam.
Whatever you may think of our decision to go in, Rusk was saying, if we walk away, the United States loses the first war in its history, with all that means for Southeast Asia and America’s position in the world.
We face a similar moment of decision.
Wednesday, a truck bomb exploded near the diplomatic quarter of Kabul, killing 90 and wounding 460. So terrible was the atrocity that the Taliban denied complicity. It is believed to have been the work of the Haqqani network.
This “horrific and shameful attack demonstrates these terrorists’ compete disregard for human life and their nihilistic opposition to the dream of a peaceful future for Afghanistan,” said Hugo Llordens, a U.S. diplomat in Kabul.
The message the truck bombers sent to the Afghan people? Not even in the heart of this capital can your government keep civilian workers and its own employees safe.
Message to America: After investing hundreds of billions and 2,000 U.S. lives in the 15 years since 9/11, we are further from victory than we have ever been.
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We are wasting our resources with Afghanistan. Afghanistan proves what idiots liberals and neo-cons are. Lots of people in this world(including some in the United States) aren't ready to be civilized, and probably won't be for another two hundred years.
ReplyDeleteNot for nothing, but the former USSR got bogged down in a fifteen year war in Afghanistan. A war which was a large contributor to the downfall of the USSR.
ReplyDeleteAnd the small brains in charge on our side, thought they could do better. I shook my head in shame for this country the day we entered Afghanistan. Nothing has changed.
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ReplyDeleteThis really a waste of good soldiers and money . Don't anyone remember that the Soviet Union was battling them for years . They pulled out and we pulled in , what a waste. Get the hell out of Dodge.
ReplyDeleteBy now they should be liable for their own security. They should not get any finance from the US and the US should pullout all fighters and equipment. Fed up with the US fighting everybody else's wars and neglecting US citizens. Raise my SSI and quit taking taxes out of my measly check with that money.
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