tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33769710.post1423945682389368930..comments2023-10-26T05:55:04.557-06:00Comments on Along the Grey Path: Against the War in Afghanistan? Are You High?GreyTheoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15238997262469046371noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33769710.post-56750620187602890772009-03-30T03:56:00.000-06:002009-03-30T03:56:00.000-06:00I have to admit to having mixed feelings about the...I have to admit to having mixed feelings about the war in Afghanistan. It felt like the right thing to do after 9/11 as it wass likely that the ring leader was in hiding there. We also got the added benefit of taking out a really bad group of people in the Taliban.<BR/><BR/>However, over 7 years on and the results are mixed at best. The Taliban may no longer be in power, but it's clear that their power is back on the increase and even more clear that the real problem lies in Pakistan, as you mentioned, a nuclear power. Looking back even further in history, <A HREF="http://theendisalwaysnear.blogspot.com/2008/06/oh-yeah-that-war.html" REL="nofollow">wars in Afghanistan rarely seem to turn out in favor of the aggressors</A>. Could it have been the decision to attack Afghanistan, not Iraq, that has led to (leading to?) the downfall of the US as the world's superpower?Shanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07529417541951066343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33769710.post-86917014376771340642009-03-29T19:54:00.000-06:002009-03-29T19:54:00.000-06:00Afghanistan did not attack the US. A terrorist gro...Afghanistan did not attack the US. A terrorist group that had training facilities in Afghanistan did.<BR/><BR/>To claim otherwise is to claim that when Timothy McVeigh bombed the federal bldg in OKC, that Oklahoma had attacked the US. <BR/><BR/> Most of the 9/11 bombers were from Saudi Arabia as was Bin Laden. Why are we not at war with them? <BR/><BR/>The fact is that Al Qaeda is a stateless criminal enterprise and should be prosecuted as such. What we are doing now, invading nations and killing innocent civilians along with criminals is a great recruiting tool for Bin Laden. <BR/><BR/>If someone blew up your family because they wanted to kill a criminal who was visiting next door, where would your sympathies lie? Given a chance to strike back at the perpetrators what would you do? What would you encourage your neighbors to do?Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02548490801509971488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33769710.post-84186734388876857942009-03-29T12:37:00.000-06:002009-03-29T12:37:00.000-06:00If we fail to clean it up, and pull out like the R...If we fail to clean it up, and pull out like the Russians; no doubt the communist Chinese will gladly send in a few million troops, and maybe occupy Pakistan as well.Walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13729069480739750609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33769710.post-33640844231526452162009-03-29T09:12:00.000-06:002009-03-29T09:12:00.000-06:00I can't even imagine what your point is.I can't even imagine what your point is.GreyTheoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15238997262469046371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33769710.post-62738429296651453042009-03-29T09:06:00.000-06:002009-03-29T09:06:00.000-06:00The bumper crops have all happened since 2003. . ....The bumper crops have all happened since 2003. . . Are you high? I'm guessing you chose to see facts how you want fit. <BR/><BR/>Yeah sending more troops to Afghanistan is going to end the chaos we created in the first place......hahahaha you must be high on something yourself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com