Funny thing about drone warfare--when you blow up people's families,

[KharmaTrain]

17. The Problem Of Starting A War...

...is finding a way to get out of it. And this was especially the case with Iraq and Afghanistan. I'm sure we have no disagreement that the Iraq invasion was a massive war crime and created more security problems for the U.S., not less. Afghanistan is another matter. It was and still is an international "police action" as no war has ever been declared. There still are British, German and other foreign troops as part of the ISAF force...obviously far smaller in size than the U.S. and most involved in non-combat support...but they are there and used as a justification for continued U.S. involvement.

That said...initially a majority of Americans saw Afghanistan as a just action. The Taliban had sheltered bin Laden who had claimed responsibility for the deaths of thousands of Americans. Our first actions were using special forces and assisting the local militias...which drove the Taliban from power and Al Queda out of the country. I felt at that point...2003...we should have made a hasty exit but the boooshies war machine got fascinated with Iraq and left Afghanistan to return to its previously scheduled civil war with our troops stuck in the middle.

This administration has moved too slowly on extracating our troops from that area...but that's the fate of empire. There's a strong possibility that the second we withdraw military protection over Karzai's corrupt regime (reminds me of Thieu in S. Vietnam) he'll fall and there's be the fall out of "who lost Afghanistan". It's that fallout that this administration fears...in the meantime the missiles will fly...