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Moonhead -> RE: McCain camp: Palin account 'all fiction' (11/19/2009 4:44:48 AM)
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ORIGINAL: rulemylife
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ORIGINAL: Kirata
Obama himself argued that having troops tied up in Iraq was the wrong focus, that the real job was in Afghanistan, and if you agree with that then we need to commit the resources necessary to getting the job done. Personally, I think they're both wrong. I'd like to see us get out of there. But that's another story.
I'd probably go along with that myself. The only reason you went into Afghanistan in the first place was after Osama bin Laden, and he fucked off to Pakistan long ago.
Except for the fact that the Taliban controlled the government and sheltered and supported Al-Quaeda.
Even now the Karzai government maintains a hold only on the area around Kabul. Much of the rest of the country is in Taliban hands.
So what do you think would happen if we withdrew?
The Taliban also control a big chunk of Pakistan and that's where they're sheltering bin Laden now. You did go into Afghanistan after him in the first place. Sorry if you find this fact inconvenient, but it's a true thing. Now that he's buggered off to hide somewhere else, you no longer have any business in Afghanistan.
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