Afghanistan

Houston Chronicle article:

New plan for an old cause

The force behind Charlie Wilson's War is at it again — trying to bring Afghanistan and its people into the 21st century

Lily1 Commented:
This woman has again stepped up to the plate with what should be a logical response to assist Afghanistan. We already know that our current crop of diplomats are idiots and political hacks. Maybe if the US would have provided the assistance needed all those years ago we would not now be spending billions and losing our men and women in this difficult place.


Xliberalfool replied:
@ lily1, cyfairdog, & common sense:
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I knew that somehow al Qaeda and the Taliban were our fault.
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What a load of B.S.!!!!
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If the Taliban and al Qaeda hadn't set up shop in Afghanistan, then it would have been in some other S. hole country. There are many poor countries in the world, but you do not see all of them behaving like this.
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Paki-ghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia are all screwed up, because of their backward, tribal ideology.
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Why would we reward bad behavior, by dumping billions of dollars (that we would have to barrow) into infrastructure for Afghanistan? They would just blow it up, anyway.
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There are many other countries that would be more deserving, and more appreciative of our assistance.
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We cannot afford to go around, trying to change every jihadi infested country, into South Korea!
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Whenever we see a terrorist organization hunkering down in some rat hole country, we should hit the terrorist hard with unmanned drones. We can send in elite ground units, and support them with air power, if need be. Wherever these nasty bastards pop their heads up, we need to knock it off... quickly and quietly.
Just leave their central government alone. Their central government is not our problem!