Why are we fighting the Taliban? What's the point? What's the objective? (Iran, middle east)
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Just asking, because i can't figure it out for the life of me. Does anyone really believe that even if the Taliban were the sworn enemies of this country (and i definitely don't believe they are), we'd actually be able to eradicate them from Afghanistan?
For those that say that we're fighting them because they harbored Al Qaeda and wouldn't turn them over to us for prosecution, that's kinda silly all these years later. Part of Afghan culture is that they don't turn over their guests over to anyone.
So how long should we keep chasing the Taliban around Afghanistan?
It's never been explained as to why we have been there all of these years. O.K. fine, I understand going after OBL but he left the country very early on. Did we then concentrate on that country? No. For some unexplained reasons we never learned the lessons that Russia before us learned and have squandered many lives and who knows how much money.
Nobody can answer your question as there is no logic to any of it. Afghanistan is not a better place today.
Because our leaders are so arrogant that they think anyone who feels differently from us is wrong and needs to be saved. You think we would have learned in Vietnam. Those peoples lives are better after we left.
Because our leaders are so arrogant that they think anyone who feels differently from us is wrong and needs to be saved. You think we would have learned in Vietnam. Those peoples lives are better after we left.
Eisenhower had it right. Get along or we cut off all aide.
ISIS is playing the long game, and so should we. We need to take the Middle East back from these 7th century savages who want to kill us all. The Iran deal will make this MUCH MORE DIFFICULT, and Obama knows this.
ISIS is playing the long game, and so should we. We need to take the Middle East back from these 7th century savages who want to kill us all. The Iran deal will make this MUCH MORE DIFFICULT, and Obama knows this.
Why are we fighting the Taliban? And why should Americans die in Afghanistan fighting them?
You said that i was "too dumb" to see the long term consequences. So tie that into why we need to fight the Taliban.
The need to have reasons to justify defense dept. budgets from being cut!
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smart guy.
