Our continued military interventionism plays right into the hands of the terrorist propaganda machine.
Yes, the US just loves bombing civilians. We can't get enough of it! We gotta keep troops in country so we can keep doing it!!
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Seems to be the trend. Just gorging ourselves on the death and destruction of our fellow humans. No thought, no intelligence, no plan; just infinity war.
Our withdrawal could result in the overthrow of a democratic government.
But you're fine with that, ay?
Governments obtain their legitimacy through the consent of the governed. If you are not of the governed, you have no proper say. End of story.
What a sick and twisted point of view. It must be some kind of hell to think like that.
If you honestly believe that, how can you not leave the country and renounce citizenship? If I believed that, I would. I wouldn't accept it an live in such a country. But you still live here. That makes me question whether you actually like that idea.
That's BS. Who made it up, you?
Because I believe in the America that can be. The true beacon to the world as to what freedom and liberty could be; and I fight and push to return to that. To remove the tarnish on this shining city upon the hill.
We are capable of oh so much more, and it is for that future I move. You may be OK with killing off as much of the world as possible, but I'm not and I see it as beneath America. We are the greatest, the brightest, the best; and it is time to once again understand our potential and the responsibility that comes with it.
Correct, that's the plan... as opposed to them overrunning the democratic government.
I understand if you don't care about people in Afghanistan, but some of us do.
That's a load of crap.
You willingly remain a citizen of a country that you believe ~"gorges itself on the blood of innocents".
That's disgusting. How can you live with yourself? If I was you, I would leave because I have some self respect.
Who made it up to you? You don't seem to actually be able to counter that argument and thus are left with trite and pathetic deflections as you've posted here.
So your plan is to hold their hand, how long will that take? Historically speaking Afghanistan hasn't been a very stable countryfor the past few centuries.
It's a stupid argument. It asks that we stand aside and allow genocide.
It's as disgusting an idea as remaining a citizen of a country one believes gorges itself on the blood of innocents.
Both of your positions are so vile, it's hard to believe someone could live with themselves.
Yes, it's been quite the success over the past 13 or so years, yes? All that stability we've brought to the region. Really making a positive impact on the daily lives of the people.
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I can't speak for all Americans, but I've been furious with our troop presence there for, oh, I don't know, about a decade now.
Thing is, there's absolutely nothing we can do about it.
BBC News - US to keep 9,800 Afghanistan troops after 2014
If I was an American I would be furious with this. It's going to keep coming out of the tax payers pocket and the servicemen/women over there will remain targets for the foreseeable future.
Governments obtain their legitimacy through the consent of the governed. If you are not of the governed, you have no proper say. End of story.
But we could engage in our own propaganda if we were really interested in breaking the cycle. Building roads and schools and hospitals would go a much further way to producing a more Western sympathetic Middle East than blowing up friends and family could ever do.
The ANA and the ANP are one thing however the Taliban are still receving help from many people from village elders, afghan government and normal local people. In my opinion the only thing a continued US presence guarantees is that the Taliban will still have a western enemy to target and to use as a recruiting tool in the country.
Send your child, or better yet. Go their yourself.
I could be the greatest coward in history and it wouldn't have any bearing on my position.
BBC News - US to keep 9,800 Afghanistan troops after 2014
If I was an American I would be furious with this. It's going to keep coming out of the tax payers pocket and the servicemen/women over there will remain targets for the foreseeable future.
I completely support the decision to not completely abandon the ANA and the Afghan people to their fate. I hope that our presence can help make the difference in their fight against the Taliban and its allies.
I think if keeping 10,000 troops in Afghanistan to train and help equip the Afghan military to defend themselves and stand on their own two feet so we can leave at sometime in the future it is worth. A train the trainers type program. But it shouldn't take ten years to make this happen, to accomplish that mission. This leaves me with a sneaking suspicion that we, the good old USA want our troops there for another reason. Perhaps a geopolitical reason, a home base of sorts. But when it comes to politicians, they always have sneaky agendas and the state purpose of something usually isn't.
I could be the greatest coward in history and it wouldn't have any bearing on my position.
Yea, people need to show up and vote for people that wont waste out tax dollars.
But whats the alternative? Bring them all home? What happens when AQ moves back in? Im not really furious about troops being there, but rather with troops being there with no apparent purpose, and forgotten by the country they serve.
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