The idea was to capture bin Laden, not subdue the country and establish "democracy." Is there a valid reason why we're still there in light of the Taliban resurgence?
2007-12-22 04:11:35 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
Are there enough troops in the world to maintain peace there? And is there any other potential source of income in that region besides poppies?
2007-12-22 04:25:05 · update #1
Lesroys -- spoken like a true Liberal. But at what cost? Sacrifice the life of my son for your daughter? I don't think so.
2007-12-22 04:27:25 · update #2
Was that the idea really?
Isn't establishing democracy and the rule of law in a country which is one of the poorest in the world, whose people suffered through decades of civil war, whose chief export is heroin, who were under the control of the awful Taliban - don't those people deserve better?
President Karzai may not be Gandhi, but he's a hell of a lot better than the alternative. Speaking as a mother of daughters, I cannot imagine what it must be like for Afgani mothers to have seen theirs suffer the indignities and mysogeny that the Taliban represented. It was only through drastic change that Afghanis can see the beginnings of hope.
Although I think the Bush administration has failed on all counts, there is merit to the Bush Doctrine - i.e. the liberation/liberalisation of people/nations which are havens for terrorists because the rule of law either does not exist or only applies to certain segments of society. If Afghanistan was a democracy where the rule of law applied and all members of society were educated and treated with dignity, Osama Bin Laden never would have gone there. Now, you can rightly blame the Soviets and the Americans for their contribution to making Afghanistan such a wretched place, and there are still people who pine for the bad old days, but I can think of a lot worse causes for soldiers to fight and die for.
2007-12-22 04:24:53 · answer #1 · answered by lesroys 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, not a lost cause. Osama bin Laden is in Pakistan, not Afghanistan, but please don't tell anyone else.
Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Tsarist Russia, the British Raj, and the Soviet Union have all tried to take control of Afghanistan, without success.
In 1979 the UK and the USA trained Osama and others to infiltrate the country and defeat the USSR.
What right have 'we' to impose democracy on a foreign country?
What right have 'we' to kill women and children?
Afghanistan is Afghanistan and will remain the way it is until the Afghans decide it's time for change.
2007-12-22 12:27:35 · answer #2 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes unless the powers that be stay there a long time but political will changes with the winds ..
the Taliban will just wait out the occupation and then take over again sad but true..
another of GW's failures because Afghanistan has been placed on the back burner over Iraq...
to bad Sadam wasn't still in power a lot less people would be dead if it were so...
2007-12-22 12:17:07 · answer #3 · answered by Magus 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think you can establish peace through war.....................
I don't know why were are there in the first place....really. None of it makes much sense to me. I do know that now since we have made an ever bigger mess in the Middle East, we can't just leave.....can we?
Think back several years, we didn't have 1/2 the problems under Clinton as we do now! I knew as soon as Bush took over, the Middle East was going to blow up again. All the work Clinton did as a diplomat over there to try to simmer things down have gone to total sh*t....way to go Bush.
2007-12-22 13:21:35 · answer #4 · answered by MO 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you study your history, you will find that there has never been a successful invasion and occupation of Afghanistan. The Soviets couldn't do it when they invaded in 1979 and there's no reason to believe the Americans will be successful either.
2007-12-22 14:27:22 · answer #5 · answered by RoVale 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, i don't think we should be there, our governments real reason for being there is dubious at best, the time is long overdue for debate on this war, are we really,as a nation, so incurious,or downright apathetic regarding our presence in this country ?.......certainly appears so .
2007-12-22 14:36:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its only a lost cause if the(local) people don't want help, they're there to bring peace to a torn country.
2007-12-22 12:15:50 · answer #7 · answered by *♥Amber ♥* 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
well, in my opinion yes. although the (supposed) goal (stability, peace etc) is a worthy one, its a never ending war. fighting the taleban is like fighting sand in the Sahara. we're never gonna win. simple.
2007-12-24 23:38:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is one name you should consider POPPY
the three things Americans love are,OIL, DIAMOND,DRUGS.
All three are linked to Islam.
OIL- The Middle East
Diamonds- Africa
Drugs-Afghanistan.
There is nothing America has to offer these
areas.
2007-12-22 12:20:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋