There Is No Reason for Us to Be in Afghanistan -- Everyone Knows It, and It Spells Defeat

AlterNet by Chris Hedges | Jul. 23, 2009 (Opinion)

The confusion of purpose in Afghanistan mirrors the confusion on the ground. We are embroiled in a civil war.

Al-Qaida could not care less what we do in Afghanistan. We can bomb Afghan villages, hunt the Taliban in Helmand province, build a 100,000-strong client Afghan army, stand by passively as Afghan warlords execute hundreds, maybe thousands, of Taliban prisoners, build huge, elaborate military bases and send drones to drop bombs on Pakistan. It will make no difference. The war will not halt the attacks of Islamic radicals. Full Story »

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3.6

by Chris Finnie - Jul. 30, 2009

A relentlessly downbeat piece. Still he does make some good points. For example, we tend to look at these military actions as a war with a good guy fighting a bad guy. But, as Hedges points out, there are a lot of players in Afghanistan, and the lines are a lot less clear.

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4.5

by Ben Ross - Jul. 30, 2009

Asks the right questions...draws logical conclutions....this article is not on the table of MSM.

Cut 3/4 of military spending. Personally I do not feel threatened by the people of the middle east,,,,citizens, armies or terrorist! I am afraid of rogue NSA, justice, department , propaganda $'s and the brain washing MSM is working on the US public.

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by Dwight Rousu - Jul. 23, 2009

Hedges rips off the rose colored glasses from us to show us bush and obama's foolish invasion.

Pakistan, no matter how many billions we give to it, will always nurture and protect the Taliban, which it knows is going to inherit Afghanistan. More »

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