drone strikes against

[jcb]

If we DON'T keep troops there, we will be there again in a decade. Did we not learn anything from Gulf War 1. I don't give two shits if they don't want us there. Korea and Europe bitched and complained publicly they didn't want us there but PRIVATELY they love the fact that American Boys are protecting their flank.

We better get our head out of our AZZ and realize that radical islamic fanaticism is not going away. If you pull out and leave, it will grow. Yea, the middle east has been fighting for a thousand years, or more, but I'd much rather them burn and destroy **** in their land than MY LAND. Just saying.

I don't get how folks don't UNDERSTAND that........Seems pretty simple to me.

Later,

Geo

As long as we're talking about learning from history - here's a short list of failed Afghanistan occupations:

Persian Empire (6th and 5th century BC)
Macedonian Empire (4th century BC)
Huns (5th century AD)
Muslim Arabs (7th century AD)
Islamic Turks (10th century AD)
Mongolian Empire (13th century AD)
British and Russian Empires (19th and 20th century AD)
USSR (1980s)
And we're next on the list.

[kygorski]

Whats strange is afganistan probably never started any of those wars. Has no navy,no air force, no armoured divisions, no paratroopers, and no one really knows why they got there to get an azz kicking.

[GeoFisher]

As long as we're talking about learning from history - here's a short list of failed Afghanistan occupations:

Persian Empire (6th and 5th century BC)
Macedonian Empire (4th century BC)
Huns (5th century AD)
Muslim Arabs (7th century AD)
Islamic Turks (10th century AD)
Mongolian Empire (13th century AD)
British and Russian Empires (19th and 20th century AD)
USSR (1980s)
And we're next on the list.

Of course..........

BUT the world has changed, I don't want to "occupy" their land so to speak...but I DO want to ensure their evil minded hatred for the west doesn't spread TO the west.

WHAT is your solution?

Later,

Geo