Reply #9: Part of me feels an overpowering sadness for the people of...

[TreasonousBastard]

Afghanistan and a desire to pound the Taliban into the Afghani dirt.

But, although we've been there for so long and now probably have some responsibility for them, we have never been able to wipe the Taliban out and never will be able to.

Our fight against the Taliban hasn't been because they are the scum of the earth and must be destroyed like other similar foul organizations, but we have been trying to link them with the now mythical al Qaeda and terrorism.

The British Empire found things like Thuggee and brutally wiped them out in the name of civilization and the white man's burden. We don't do that sort of thing any more.