More importantly it is a clan based, tribal, collection of theifdoms. The last European tribal societies ended about a thousand years ago. The mentalty is so far removed from Western civilization that few people even comprehend the worldview of these people. Even a lot of well meaning conservatives believe that everybody has a yearing for individual libery. They don't understand people who put their identity as part of a clan as more important than an individual, and who are taught from infancy that being a great warrior who protects their tribe is what life is all about. Anyone who tries to change things is the enemy.
As Sun Tzu said, he who fails to understand his enemy will lose every time.
What we did accomplish there was we pummeled Osama and we ran him off to Pohkistan.
I am sad that we are giving up the good fight in Iraq, while sending more soldiers to their death in Afghanistan.
I dont like this stuff one bit.
Obama is feeding our guys to the afghan hoards, while retracting us from positions of influence.