I just think, for as long as we’ve been there now, this was bound to happen. A lot of good has gone down, but the longer we stay ...
I want our soldiers HOME. We’re going to need them HERE. I’m sick of the money being wasted on these tribal backwards neanderthals.
Shut the borders, control who comes in, and F the rest of this world. I’m sick of being so “open.”
NO more of them need to come here, either. Sick of it.
I understand how you feel, but we’re threading a needle here. We want to keep the fight on the Jihadi’s territory and not ours. That means some overseas presence. Right now you have the hearts and minds easily in the Jihadi’s camp. Why is that?
I’d say cultural affinity and logistics. If you’ve been raised Muslim in a backwater of a country your worldview is pretty limited. Jews are bad, Americans are spoiled hedonists and the Great Satan helping to keep you stupid and poor. It’s an anti-Muslim world conspiracy lead by us.
Logistics also says that if we leave, and we will eventually leave, the Taliban has the shortest supply lines. It makes sense to negotiate with them as we couldn’t totally pacify them in certain areas. Afghanistan has always been governed this way, even under conquerors. It’s trabalistic and you have to negotiate your way through the tribes. That’s good and bad. The USSR did a good job of holding them back upon their withdrawal, but you cannot defend everywhere. Some areas are bound to fall back into Talibani hands.
As regards immigrants we need them. We need to do a better job of Americanizing them. We need English to be the official language of all US government. We need a pro-American civics program, etc. Our immigration policy is junk.