Two Wrongs Make Another Fiasco »
Posted By Tumultuous 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Political OpinionThose of us who love F. Scott Fitzgerald must acknowledge that he did get one big thing wrong. There are second acts in American lives. (Just ask Marion Barry, or William Shatner.) The real question is whether everyone deserves a second act. Perhaps the most surreal aspect of our great Afghanistan debate is the Beltway credence given to the ravings of the unrepentant blunderers who dug us into this hole in the first place.
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Obama has been under intense pressure from flag-waving Republicans, much of the media, and the hawkish national security establishment to expand the war, even though there are as few as 100 al-Qaida in Afghanistan. Israel's supporters, including many Congressional Democrats, want to see the U.S. seize Pakistan's nuclear arms and expand the Afghan war into Iran.
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Obama should declare victory in Afghanistan, withdraw western forces, and hand over security to a multi-national stabilization force. America should consider embracing peace, and abandoning its nation building practice.
"The Congressional Research Service estimates that the Afghan war was running $2.6 billion a month in Pentagon expenses alone even before Obama added 20,000 troops this year." As of January 7, 2009, Congress has approved $864 billion for the overseas wars and other programs related to the battle against terrorism since Sept. 11, 2001. This is our tax dollars at work, and all we have to show for it are dead troops.
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