During Vietnam the country was told we were there “to stop the spread of communism.” Now we’re being told we’re in Afghanistan to prevent it from becoming a safe haven for Al Qaeda and to stop the spread of terrorism.
Al Qaeda does not need Afghanistan for a safe haven, they enjoy safe harbor around the globe as witnessed by suicide bombings in Iran, Iraq, India, Saudi Arabia, the Philippines, Somalia, England, Spain and Afghanistan just to name a few.
Suicide bombings are a tactic of Al Qaeda. Compare sending ninety-six thousand soldiers to Afghanistan to route out 100 members of Al Qaeda, to loading up an individual with a suicide vest. Their main weapon is cheap and inexhaustible while we spend trillions.
We’re told this “war” in Afghanistan is vital to national interest. We’re paying thugs, warlords and the Taliban to keep them from attacking convoys that supply the US troops. The son of an Afghani minister provides the security which he obtains through the cousin of the Afghan president Harmid Karzai. How is paying these people millions in our national interest?
There are two things to do to stop the spread of terrorism. One is to solve the Palestinian Israeli crisis and the other action needed is to get out of Arab lands. These are the main recruiting tools terrorists use to wage jihad around the globe. Eliminate these reasons and we stop the growth of terrorism.
The US was able to win two wars and develop the atom bomb in four years, yet we can’t solve our reliance on oil to end this “war on terror” Why is that?
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