At what point do you say enough is enough? If we're still there 25/50/200 years from now, do we finally just pull out and lock Afghanistan out from the rest of the world?
They will become this country's largest social warfare project.
Quote:
|
Also we owe it to the Pakistanis to stay and help since the US walked away after the Soviet conflict instead of assisting the Mujahadeen in rebuilding Afghanistan like they promised.
|
Pakistan is part of the problem. For one thing, they are dictatorship and nothing for Afghanistan to aspire to. Not to mention, there are regions of Pakistan just as f'ed up as Afghanistan and so even if we transform Afghansitan in to a liberal democracy, the extremists in Pakistan will move in the moment we pull out.