[Alberta's Child]

Good question. Why weren't conservatives asking that exact same question when George W. Bush was in the White House and the war in Afghanistan exceeded the duration of the U.S. involvement in the two World Wars combined?

[rlferny]

Many of them were. There is no goal or mission there. It’s a mess and getting worse.

[bert]

Your observation is irrelevant. The Afghanistan situation is unrelated to any of those you mentioned. And for the record we still occupy Germany Italy and Japan We have major forces in Korea still. We also have forces in Iraq

The battle is against radical Islam and the battlefield of choice by both sides is Afghanistan.

There are people on this forum who have become liberal pacifists just like they did in the early 70’s. Pacifism kills.

[moovova]

Why weren't conservatives asking that exact same question when George W. Bush was in the White House...

I'm ready for our troops to come home, without a doubt.

But, if you're gonna ask the question above, then why aren't you asking why King George III raised taxes on tea in the colonies?

I mean, if you're gonna to live in the past...

[Carling]

I always thought the idea was to cripple Al Qaeda and kill OBL.

Well, Barry spiked the football for a month after the Seals got OBL, and he is still using it as campaign fodder.

Does our President even know that we still have troops in Afghanistan?

[americanophile]

It’s a fair question. I think we’ve learned many expensive lessons about ideological blindness.