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The majority of the country has grown tired of the decade long war in Afghanistan and wants us out of there now. From Gallup:
Our justification for continuing to fight in Afghanistan has shifted so many times I have lost count. At this point all we seem to be doing is trying to loosely prop up an incompetent central government which lacks any legitimacy with the populace.
Does anyone honestly believe that leaving in 3 months instead of 6 months, 16 months, or 600 months would make any real difference? Does anyone think that after over a decade in the country a few extra months will have any real impact?
There is no logical reason to continue this conflict and the American people want it to end now. We will leave the country eventually, it is just a matter of when.
The only important remaining question is how many more lives and billions of your tax dollars will President Obama insist on wasting there to prevent some Republicans and generals from saying mean things about him. This is the true test of real leadership and currently our noble peace prize winning president is failing.
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“The only important remaining question is how many more lives and billions of your tax dollars will President Obama insist on wasting there …”
Whatever it takes to get to November without getting the donkey’s tail pinned on him. You thought that your were voting for a man on principle, didn’t you? I know I did. Tra La La.
Jon, if I may abuse this space for a moment: My Uncle Dan fought in New Guinea and the Phillipines. He was in for the duration. When he came home, essentially in one piece (with a few minor exceptions – he was bayonetted and hand grenaded in his foxhole – each of which got him a trip to the hospital and a Purple Heart) he was mad as a hatter. His wife would come down the oyster shell county road from their house at 3:00 AM with one girl in her arms and one by the hand and they’d pile up on Grandmother’s couch. Nobody said anything. We all knew that Uncle Dan was fighting the “Japs” in their bedroom, and she’d run for her life.
Why would any thinking human being be surprised that a American soldier on his third deployment would snap?