I love Sarah too and will vote for her no matter who gets nominated. But I think she needs to be able to answer this question with ONE SENTENCE:
“Why do you favor keeping troops in Afghanistan now that al Qaeda has been routed out of there and its leader killed?”
This Peter Schwiezer guy has to give her this answer and in one sentence so that voters understand her position or he is pointless. People don’t wanna hear a lotta nuanced, professorial BS about this.
On the other hand, she can just say “if elected I’m getting us outta there right away” and never face the question.
Great read Paleo Bob!
Slicing the onion real thin though, wouldn’t a better argument from Sarah (only possible candidate I truly believe in) be that she would immediately stop all offensive ground combat operations BUT fall back to one large American Base out in the middle of nowhere that would facilitate high tech attacks on terrorists in the area for years to come. Something like that!
I just think it is dangerous for her to say “We Win” and come home. We still have to fight these bastards for years to come and I would rather we conduct the fight in Afghanistan than in the U.S. Besides, if ANY president allows the Taliban to take over again and start executing women in the street with a bullet in the head, they will see their poll numbers go to the bottom!