Afghanistan is a patchwork of security issues and stability. Much like Mexico.
There are places where you don't want to go. There are networks that don't like you. There are networks that don't like other networks.
But in the end the problems in Mexico don't stem from the US. As much as the Libtards want to say that Mexican violence is our fault it isn't (Dems in congress want to pass more gun control laws in the wake of "Fast and Furious" because they think the solution to government incompetence is to give the incompetent agency more power and authority). I want to tell them that corruption should not be rewarded. Not in Mexico, not in Afghanistan, not in Washington D.C.
So until you change that culture, you end up with Mexico. Or Afghanistan. It really seems quite simple.
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- AM
- Raised by conservative Christian parents, enlisted in the Army at 18, used the GI Bill to finish college, and I'm back in the Army. Along the way I've encountered a huge cast of characters, some I got into trouble with, some that passed on skills that have helped me on my life journey.
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Not a question of ATF competence,sir but of arrogance and malfeasance.
ATF attempted to establish false 'evidence' and intended to use that to accomplish political goals, thus subverting the very
Constitution they swore to preserve
and protect, just as we did.
They are traitorous bastards, for whom we can have no respect or sympathy, a Geheimstatspolizei needs to be disbanded and their personnel barred from federal employment, and any LEO job at any level.
How come the left is not treating this the same way they did "Iran Contra" ? (rhetorical question)
Isn't the outcome more sinister and closer to home?
http://wills-sfmedic.blogspot.com/2010/10/survive-final-manmade-or-environmental.html?spref=bl
AM, other people who seem to have a good knowledge of history and the area say they think Afghanistan is not winnable. That the Karzai "government" will be gone within 48 hours of our last plane out.
What do you think?
Karzai is viewed by many Afghans as simply the Mayor of Kabul.
Afghanistan is "winnable" the same way that the Korean War was "winnable" by keeping US troops stationed their for 60 some years now and allowing two and even three generations of Koreans to grow up with ideas of Democracy and Liberty.
If you want to define "winning" as simply killing a lot of terrorists we've won several thousand times over.
If you want to call "winning" a stable Afghan government...well I don't think that is much of an option.
Karzai is a crafty old guy, and he may be able to keep a coalition of tribes, networks, businesses, and other competing interests going for some time. But Afghanistan will much more comfortable with "terrorists" than we are.
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