We’re Fighting in a War We Lost Before the War Began

[sad sally]

7. Is the fact of the majority of Americans are opposed to continuing support - to the tune of $2

billion a week - lost on President Obama?

Why did he chose to make a duck and run trip in the middle of the night to sign an agreement to keep an American presence there until 2024? Oh, sure, supporters of the war will say "combat troops will be gone by 2014."

If in 11 years whatever the objectives of this disasterous war haven't been met, why should combat operations continue another 18 months? So more US soldiers can die and be wounded, or have their mental health go to hell? So more innocent Afghans can die and be wounded, or have their mental health go to hell? So American arms manufacturers can profit? So China has safety guaranteed while they start drawing out oil, gas and minerals?

Does anyone think that after December 2014 the daily life of the Afghan people will be any different that the daily life of the Iraqi people is today? Are we to believe that training Afghan forces will be anymore successful that it was with Iraqi forces?

If we believe what the government tells us that there are very few al Qaeda left in Afghanistan (less than 100 we're told), why would 20,000+ Special Ops forces need to stay past 2014? The agreement says the US won't use Afghanistan land to launch attacks against their neighbors, so isn't the 20,000+ to 100 overkill?