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Afghanistan is never at peace ever since US war trumpets were blown. There seems no end to ‘war on terror’, but a defeat imminent. Even when eight years are over, Afghanistan remains as troubled as it was: suicide bombing is on, Taliban still remains a force to be recon with and spreading its tentacles. Attack on UN office, recurring death of US and UK soldiers and resurgent Taliban indicates only one thing that war is invincible. So should coalition forces accept its defeat and withdraw forces from Afghanistan?
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Ken
Nov 9 2009
Calgary,
Canada
I wonder if Afghanistan does need so much central government. It might be better off as a looser entity. For everybody else the important thing is to seal up the frontiers so that the Taliban can't use it as a base to foment terrorism in other countries.
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On the last similar article I posted that the war in Afghanistan is already lost - it's just a question of how many (more) lives are lost and how many (more) billions are wasted before the politicians admit this (I'm fairly sure they already know this - Brown is just hanging on until he is out of power to avoid the humiliation).
The public know it too which is why most want our troops home, including me.
The public know it too which is why most want our troops home, including me.
There is nothing stopping those whose want to fight in Afghanistan from joining the Afghan army and fighting, or from contributing money to them to help.
But as far as the rest of us, we want not another life nor another dollar wasted!
But as far as the rest of us, we want not another life nor another dollar wasted!
Without a doubt the war in Afghanistan is already lost in the hearts and minds of the majority of the public in the west.
The option of pulling out is one fraught with problems.
The real problem starts when the forces of NATO are pulled out and the Pakistan goverment has to decide how to deal with the Taleban within its Tribal Regions. If Pakistan can't or won't deal with the problem will India and China feel obliged to act to protect themselves?
The option of pulling out is one fraught with problems.
The real problem starts when the forces of NATO are pulled out and the Pakistan goverment has to decide how to deal with the Taleban within its Tribal Regions. If Pakistan can't or won't deal with the problem will India and China feel obliged to act to protect themselves?
Even with more troops the Afghan campaign faces certain failure. This was clear to me five years ago so why are those who should know better being so stupid. Of course its not their sons who are dying every day so really they don't care.
Bush lost us the War in Afghanistan by invading Iraq. Thus troops and resources that could have gone to Afghanistan instead went to Iraq allowing the Taliban to regroup.
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