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Midnight Writer

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5. There it is. After 16 years, what exactly is our goal? What is a win and how will we get there?

Tue Aug 22, 2017, 01:02 AM

Aug 2017

We have gone from "Getting Osama" to deposing the dictator to breaking the Taliban to "protecting women's rights" (remember that one?) to defending against ISIS to not giving the terrorists a homeland and now full circle to taking their stuff while we occupy them.

How much will it cost in blood and money to achieve...exactly what? What is our "National Interest"?

Would Afghanis be better off without us? Yes, it would certainly be a brutal, oppressive place, but would that be worse than living in a perpetual War?

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If you think the war in Afghanistan is winnable, I have a wall to sell you that Mexico will pay for. [View all] Snake Plissken Aug 2017 OP

Yeah but all those other people were losers underpants Aug 2017 #1

And even if you beat all the odds and win, what exactly do you win? Snake Plissken Aug 2017 #2

Bodybags Heartstrings Aug 2017 #3

There it is. After 16 years, what exactly is our goal? What is a win and how will we get there? Midnight Writer Aug 2017 #5

And that article is a year old SHRED Aug 2017 #4

My feeling is that Trump is now going to restart the Bush-Cheney approach to ruining the U.S. C Moon Aug 2017 #6

we can't win. i think Obama's position was mostly to not let it become what it was before for Al JI7 Aug 2017 #7