Please Think Back on When and Why We Went to Afghanistan

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30. I remember when; why is a little tougher

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The truth is that we needed to hit back after 9/11, and Saudi Arabia should have been the target but wasn't because we're still on the oil tit. They're the ones exporting the most intolerant and poisonous brand of Islam worldwide.

So Afghanistan was in the crosshairs because of the training camp there.

But having gone in, why did we stay? The country is a mess by our standards, but it's NOT OUR COUNTRY. There is no way to fix it since most of the people there think it's not broken. The longest we should have stayed is until bin Laden got whacked across the border in Pakistan. After that, there was no justification except presidents not wanting the ensuing mess pinned on them.

The fact that the mess has always been inevitable isn't going to make it easier to watch.