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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
Personally, I have no idea what our chances of winning are. The reason for that is I have no idea what "winning" looks like. What are our exit criteria? How will we know when the war is over? Will it be a sudden or staged withdrawal? Are we seeking military or political objectives? What are the benchmarks?
I'm not saying I oppose the war--at the time the invasion took place, going into Afghanistan was the only response to the outrage of 9/11 that made any sense. On the other hand, I am saying that it seems like more planning goes into starting wars than ending them--and this seems like a case where we need to at least start thinking about what those exit strategies are.
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We exit when the Afghani government is stable enough to take care of it's own internal and external security. Just like Iraq.