The article is puzzling; We....should not bomb Afghanistan, because some of the people there do not know about 9-11..?
Hmm.
That they do not know 9-11 provides a type of DEFENSE? That’s really weird:
That’s like a I have a loaded gun with 2 men standing before me. One understands I hate him, the other does not. And so I swifty draw and kill the witting one, and leave unShot the man who knows nothing of my hate.
See? I still don’t get it.
Why do they need to UNDERSTAND us before we kill them?
Men far away resolved to hurt us. They reached out very far, and then did that.
Receiving the blow, we then reached out very far, and set up camp in their home, shooting them, bombing them from above, and taking over their government.
We tromp around there and make daily life —not just planning bombings in the USA —very hard for them.
It’s not just revenge or hate, but instead putting the violent battle into their home, and away from our homes.
The only thing we could do better is stop all this stupid, “human landscape” crypto-sociology mumbo-jumbo and building schools for girls.
No US taxes for Afghani girl schools (though I like girls). Also no USMC protection for poppy fields.
Let’s just speak the language Afghanis understand —shooting folks and breaking stuff —that’s mission enough. They understand that completely.