Should our soldiers sacrificed their lives to..

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48. No, we shouldn't. You seem to be under the impression that violent conflict is the only option

we have. There are horrors worse than what happens in Afghanistan going on all over the world and if war is the only option, why are we not engaged in mass murder in all of those places? Your position reminds me of the old saying; When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail."

If we really want to help the people of Afghanistan, we should be showering that, and the other nations, with infrastructure, education, health care, and the option of modernity. How do you think that the Taliban and al Queda came to exist?

For less than a quarter of what we are spending on our Mighty Military Machine ®, we could provide food, clean water, general and reproductive health care, and basic education to the world. From where are the Taliban and al Queda going to get funding and volunteers willing to die in a healthy, educated, well fed population? Do you imagine that some goat herder in Afghanistan, his wife, or his children are going to volunteer to blow themselves up when they have the option of living a decent life?