Posted on 08/22/2017 10:55:08 AM PDT by bryan999
So Afghanistan chooses to govern itself in an Islamic fashion. Is that in our national interest?
“...If this article is true...”
Washington Post fake news propaganda. There is no way the President changed his mind over women in western dress.
The President specifically stated in his speech that his goal is NOT to make Afghanistan into a western style democracy.
His goal is to stabilize it so terrorists can’t train there and then ultimately leave.
See my Post #16
Answers to those questions may require a security clearance. /s
I remember that after 9-11 the news media blamed the President because we DID NOT go into Afghanistan after the Russians left, to prevent a Taliban takeover.
If we HAD gone into Afghanistan after the Russians left, they would have blamed the President for trying to “create an American Empire” and denying the Afghans the right to chose their own future.
Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
Scandalous! Who wears “mini”skirts that long? :)
Those aren’t mini skirts.
A Moslem culture can change of itself if an indigenous strongman like Ataturk in Turkiye arises to take it by the scruff of the neck but any attempt to impose change from without only steels the resistance. You can't do anything with a culture that prefers death to any sort of change.
I could list my thoughts on “how”.
The point is that advertising “how”, is the first step in giving the enemy the ability to defend and defeat “how”.
Afghanistan has been the breeding ground for radical Islam for the last 40 years.
One of the great tragedies is that the Soviet Union's intervention in Afghanistan was a response to the creeping Islamic radicalism in Afghanistan.
Our Cold War mentality forced us to side with what became the Taliban to defeat the Russians and hasten the collapse of the Soviet Union. Our subsequent withdrawal from the region under the Bill Clinton “Foreign Policy is no longer important” (remember that?) holiday from history was directly responsible for the rise of the Taliban.
We now find ourselves in a position where Islam has defeated the West in Europe and is making headway into the United Sates.
“Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.”
Afghanistan country motto.
The only win against a Moslem culture is colonization of the whole country. The society cannot be changed.
McMaster is an idiot if he thinks he can make Afghanistan of today into a western country. At least now we understand the problem.
Guys like McMaster actually, literally, believe Afghanistan can become a normal society with Walmarts, paved roads, McMansions, and women in mini-skirts.
Astonishing how rock hard stupid this man is. Somewhere today in America, a baby was born. It will die in Afghanistan in 20 years or so because of people like McMaster.
Wasted.
The short girl on the right is damned cute.
“so Afghanistan chooses to govern itself in an Islamic fashion. Is that in our national interest?”
Who cares! The Saudis govern themselves in an Islamic fashion and we get along fine with them.
Our national interest is to prevent the now chaotic Afghanistan to become a safe haven for the training of terrorist cells.
Once it is established that Al Qaeda or ISIS is not allowed there; how they then govern themselves is not relevant or in our national interest.
President Trump has no interest in nation building and he stated it clearly in his speech - did you see it?
Nice girls...
What does victory look like? Are we willing to fight to win?
oops - I meant: prevent the now chaotic Afghanistan from becoming a safe haven.
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