From Harpers Weekly Review:
A U.N. report found that the Taliban now control more Afghan territory than at any point since the United States invaded the country in 2001, and President Barack Obama extended the timetable for the military's withdrawal from Afghanistan. "We are the ones," said a Taliban spokesman, "who will determine the date of their withdrawal."
A pundit from England once said that Afghanistan is "where empires go to die". God help us if we don't pay attention to history.
As long as I have breath our military will not get my grandson to bleed out in the rocks and sand of that place of ignorant religious goat herding fanatics. They will either learn to come out of the dark ages on their own or continue to kill and maim one another. They should do it without our help.
A U.N. report found that the Taliban now control more Afghan territory than at any point since the United States invaded the country in 2001, and President Barack Obama extended the timetable for the military's withdrawal from Afghanistan. "We are the ones," said a Taliban spokesman, "who will determine the date of their withdrawal."
A pundit from England once said that Afghanistan is "where empires go to die". God help us if we don't pay attention to history.
As long as I have breath our military will not get my grandson to bleed out in the rocks and sand of that place of ignorant religious goat herding fanatics. They will either learn to come out of the dark ages on their own or continue to kill and maim one another. They should do it without our help.