Is the Taliban reemergence in Afghan due to Bush's failure to stay the course there?

Answer 1

I think it probably is. The US was justified in going into Afghanistan, and it would've been in our best interest to actually rebuild the country. It was a failed state and hotbed of extremism before we got there, and it would've been reasonable to attempt to help the Afghanis restore order there.

What a lot of people don't know is that Jimmy Carter's administration was partly responsible for inciting the Soviets to invade Afghanistan, which set them up for disaster. Here's a quote by Carter's national security advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski: "We now have the opportunity of giving to the USSR its Vietnam war." Check out the source below to see the full interview.

CIA activities in Kabul destabilized the communist government there and led to the Soviet intervention. Shortly after that, CIA trained, funded, and armed the Afghan Mujahadeen to fight the Russians. It became a Cold War background, and when the game was over Afghanistan was left war torn and unstable.

I think we had a moral obligation to help Afghanistan and we did not. Years later, we paid the price. Such is the nature of empire.

That's not to say that I think Jimmy Carter's to blame. He was President during a troubled time and I think he served the office well. Reagan's tough to blame, too. It was just a broad policy failure.

The thing now is, we should have learned the lesson. Let's HELP Afghanistan build an economy and a society. It's in our interest to do so, and it's the right thing to do. I don't see a lot of talk about it, though.

Answer 2

I think the enemy has a much greater stretch and expanse than originally anticipated. They are getting help from other countries who on one side of their face appease the US and on the other help and aid their Islamic brothers!

If you are willing to die for your cause what would persuade you to stop???

Cause GW Bush told you to???

All any of this has done is to stir the hornet's nest in the ME!!

If we are the best in the world I would think 5 years should have been plenty of time to militarily quash these cave dwelling-sand people.

If you are going to send a military into a country to arrest and/or kill the enemy---untie your soldiers hands ---from the beginning and let them do what they are trained to do!!

We didn't and now look where we are!!!

Bush was in such a hurry to go to Iraq and I don't care what anybody tells me----his next aquisition is Iran!

Sit back and look at the timeline since 9/11/01---
everything that has happened since!

Iran is and always has been the ultimate target!!!

Answer 3

Of course.....
Bush is now showing the world, he is just a little girlie man.
He is letting political correctness, guide him.
The next time he speaks before the public, he should wear
his wife's dress.

Answer 4

No, the Taliban re-emergence was due to them hiding in caves and coming out.

Answer 5

No. We still have a strong force there. And all the women who were beaten, killed, hidden in scarves, simply because they were women, love George Bush, The Liberator!

Answer 6

Yes & he is responsible for all global warming, the attack at Pearl Harbor, the death of the dinosuars, & everything bad that happened since the beginning of time. You blame him for staying to long & not staying the course - give me a break!!!

Answer 7

Are you telling me that the Dem's already set a deadline and withdrew our forces?

Tell me something, did they use a "binding" or a "non-binding" resolution to do it?

But seriously, you obviously have little or no awareness of war or warfare.

But thanks for sharing!

Answer 8

Yes.

Answer 9

Absolutely.

Can't wait to see what the neoconmen say.

Answer 10

congrads chi guy!!now to your question,most certainly.just how far will he stretch the military is anyones guess?can any one say DRAFT!!