Common sense should tell you that at this time there is now comparison, at this time. The little know fact about Viet Nam, was the loss was because the Johnson administration didn't have a clue for strategy. They would switch again and again, hoping to hit on something that would work. The Johnson administration is the ones that lost the war. The tried and tried to come up with something that would work and ended up confusing themselves so badly they had to just stop and look for some kind of political cover. Saying the war could not be won therefore it should not have been started was their way out. Simply confused themselves into no will to win.
We have not yet reached that point in Afghanistan, as of yet. We may, I hope not. Speaker Pelosi keeps talking about corruption in the Afghanistan government, she said the same about the Iraq government as well. We need to know this is for her political cover. We have enough corruption within our own government and should not keep bring up corruption in newing formed government under terrorist on slot. The key to winning any war is will to do so. We have the equipment and the manpower but do we have the will. War is not something that can or should be put on a clock, it just won't happen on a prearranged time table. You will never win heart and minds, peoples trust are anything if you don't follow through with your promises. Political corruption within the Afghanistan government will not have any bearing on the outcome of the war only if the country can survive after the war is won. When people can stop ducking bullets every two minutes they may be will have the time to pick better leaders. Get politics out of the war, get people save and have the will of your conviction. May be not tomorrow but it will come to pass.
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What is your definition of "winning" the war in Afghanistan? What outcomes need to be reached for us to declare a win?
ReplyDeleteWinning is simply, what President Obama said it was in his campaign. Get rid of Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. Help the people live their lives and not have a fear of being killed. That is and has always been the definition of winning. Unless you change your mind and decide that the people of Afghanistan are not worth living. I don't try to wiggle out of what a military victory is. What you ask is, what ever lets you sleep at night. You know what winning is and it can't be political, talk about the fighting, once some type of safety is maintained the political stuff will take of itself.
ReplyDeleteMaybe your name should have Clinton in it.