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There was no "Afghanistan War." Anyone who believes that does not understand our enemy.

Author: NedoftheHill (44670 Posts - Joined: Jun 29, 2011)
Posted at 11:47 am on Dec 17, 2019
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There was only a battle in Afghanistan, and we won it. Or, call it a theater conflict. But is the War Against Terror over? Of course not. There is a reason this was called "The Long War" in the Pentagon before the marketers & politicians spoke up. If there was any lying, it was in telling the people that we could win in anything less than 100 years.

While the war continues, we can (1) stay and occupy certain areas, or (2) come home, rest and retrain...without deluding ourselves that we won't have to go back some day. That is a judgement call. We continue to pick and choose our battles. For example, we ceded Libya to the enemy for the time being, and we even gave up on Egypt for a while. Whether those were the right moves...only time will tell.

We cannot win the war by taking territory, or by defeating a standing army, and then declare victory and go home. The only way to defeat this enemy totally is to kill all of them, or convert all of them to a lesser violent religion, or a combination of the two. Until that happens, the war will continue indefinitely.

Granted, I'm not talking to Corky, since he doesn't read replies by anyone here. But, it would be nice to hear what he thinks people need to be held accountable for. The military fought the battle and won. If they are losing the occupation by failing to convert the hearts and minds of the conquored, then that is a political problem that D.C. needs to figure out.


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Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant, then it tries to silence good.

Replies to: "There was no "Afghanistan War." Anyone who believes that does not understand our enemy."

  • Those Who Ran the Afghanistan War Lied. They Must Be Held to Account. [LINK] [IMAGE] - Corky - 11:07am 12/17/19 (16) [View All]
    • No cartoon to go with your post this time? [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 2:20pm 12/17/19
    • The W/Vice neocons must not have heard of the Khyber Pass. All they had to do was ask the Brits... [NT] - ND521 - 12:43pm 12/17/19
      • What is your point? (Honest question. Not trying to argue.) [NT] - NedoftheHill - 12:47pm 12/17/19
        • From conception the 'war' was not winnable. In possibly his dumbest move, Obama bought in and made - ND521 - 1:02pm 12/17/19
          • The original war against those who knocked down the towers was very winnable and was won. - Frank L - 4:12pm 12/17/19
          • I don't think we had any choice but to go into Afghanistan. What would you have done instead? - NedoftheHill - 1:19pm 12/17/19
            • Al Qaeda was largely defeated shortly after the initial invasion. Turning a conflict into an - ND521 - 1:31pm 12/17/19
              • Yeah. Not a bad point. Whether we occupy or withdraw & rest after a victory is a judgement call. - NedoftheHill - 1:40pm 12/17/19
    • There was no "Afghanistan War." Anyone who believes that does not understand our enemy. - NedoftheHill - 11:47am 12/17/19
      • Agree we are fighting an ideology not a war. It’s ideology so staying forever is not sound policy [NT] - PBHangingChad - 11:59am 12/17/19
    • There isn’t a war the Pentagon doesn’t want. That’s why there is serious pushback getting out - PBHangingChad - 11:13am 12/17/19
      • That is simply false, and ignorant. - Chris94 - 11:23am 12/17/19
        • So is that why retired generals appear on TV to criticize Trump from wanting to leave? [NT] - PBHangingChad - 11:56am 12/17/19
          • Yes. Read the post. They want to win above all. [NT] - Chris94 - 12:04pm 12/17/19
            • After 18 years there is no winning team in Afghanistan. If they don’t know that they should go [NT] - PBHangingChad - 12:32pm 12/17/19
        • All this because Hillary lost,Lol.... family must be happy around you [NT] - eftg1 - 11:25am 12/17/19
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