Originally posted by Artesian I think that his decision should have been to get out of Iraq, and also out of Afghanistan as soon as he was sworn in. I see of no good being there. It will not make any difference except to have more of our soldiers killed or maimed.
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More of your soldiers killed, more of their civilians killed, and ultimately, no one will thank you for it anyway.
In fact, intervening is probably counter productive, in that mostly what we (and I include Canada, since we are in Khandahar) is to create more hatred for the west, and more terrorists.
Iraq is a fools game, and Afghanistan isn't much better.
No one is going to import democracy into the region, and no one is going to do anything about the tribal rivalries that exist.
They have to sort this out themselves.
It was summed up best by a fellow who said that sending the military into those places is like sticking your hand into a bucket of warm water and stirring it.
You can appear to be doing something, but all you are really doing is making yourself piss your pants, and when you take your hand out, the water goes back to how it was before you started stirring.