You should have more faith in our soldiers and our Marines, as well as our NATO allies.
Oh i do have faith in the troops.
It´s the overall “mission” i have a problem with.
i mean what is the goal in afghanistan?
Because it´s hard to win anything as long as nobody
knows what the Hell “we” are fighting for.
Is it to fight al quaida? (then it´s now the wrong country because they are allready in pakistan). 99% of the people the soldiers kill in afghanistan have nothing to do with al quaida. is it to fight the opium trade? (i guess not because the troops are not allowed to destroy “or most times even visit” the poppy fields). Is it for democracy? (something they don´t know and most of them even don´t want anyway and btw. will get eroded as soon as “our” troops leave). is it to back up corrupt (and believe me they are corrupt to the core) afghan politicians to sometimes act as western puppy. btw. the very limited “power” of this so called government ends at the city limits of Kabul. and if we would not use “our” troops to protect them their influence would not go even this “far”. i could go on and on. this is why i don´t think we can win in afghanistan. it´s because i think there exists nothing in afghanistan which could be won.