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

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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Chris Finnie
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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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