sharky
New Yorker
Sting, our goal in Iraq was not to find WMDs. It was to rid the world of the terrorist thread posed by Iraq and their relation to Afghanistan. The president used the deaths of 3000 people as a reason for this war. Yet here we are two months later, and its become about rebuilding Iraq and putting a new regime in power. Its about getting contracts for Halliburton. Its about "nation building" despite the fact that Pres. Bush said he was AGAINST nation building during the presidential debates.
On to Afghanistan, which was the original point of this post. It was about getting bin Laden. Now its about removing most of the military power because we have control of Kabul. What about the rest of the country? As someone else mentioned, once you get out of the city, its dangerous. And all these atrocities that the U.S. stopped in Kabul are still going on in other places.
Its great that the people of Afghanistan can watch TV again and the people of Iraq are free of Saddam. But if the U.S. is the savior of these people, why have only superficial changes been made? Who cares if I can watch TV again if I'm still worried about the Taliban retaking control of my city when the U.S. leaves to go fight North Korea?
On to Afghanistan, which was the original point of this post. It was about getting bin Laden. Now its about removing most of the military power because we have control of Kabul. What about the rest of the country? As someone else mentioned, once you get out of the city, its dangerous. And all these atrocities that the U.S. stopped in Kabul are still going on in other places.
Its great that the people of Afghanistan can watch TV again and the people of Iraq are free of Saddam. But if the U.S. is the savior of these people, why have only superficial changes been made? Who cares if I can watch TV again if I'm still worried about the Taliban retaking control of my city when the U.S. leaves to go fight North Korea?