[Doofer]

Can someone tell me why we’re there?

[GraniteStateConservative]

We are making Afghanistan safe for "Bacha Bazi", which the Taliban opposed, instead of just leaving after the training camps were wiped out. It makes me proud to be an American. I bet it makes you proud, too. The Afghan War is the longest war in US history and it has been a total failure and the entire mess has been utterly pointless, with the lives of good American men and women sacrificed for nothing. It sickens me. It's outrageous. The Founders are spinning in their graves. Our nation, governed by imbeciles and corrupt politicians, is trillions of dollars in debt-- strangling the future prosperity of our children and grandchildren-- all to boost the stock price of corporations that supply the DOD with supplies. Russia and China are laughing at us, watching us waste all this treasure and blood, as they prepare to put us in our place.

[LomanBill]

[Can someone tell me why we’re there?]

Just Bidness?

" Obama’s First Order: Don’t Hurt the Heroin "

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2287687/posts

 

 

"Afghanistan still world's top opium supplier, despite 10 years of US-led war

Despite increased eradication efforts in Afghanistan, opium cultivation rose by 7 percent in 2011 as compared to last year, according to a new United Nations report. Production is up 61 percent."
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2011/1011/Afghanistan-still-world-s-top-opium-supplier-despite-10-years-of-US-led-war

Noting to see there. Mooove along.

 

[altura]

I can't. I can't tell you why we're in the middle east at all.

We wouldn't be if we would drill our own oil.

Nothing can change the middle east. We should withdraw all troops, increase surveillance and intelligence and bomb when and where necessary after due warning to civilians.