Reply #234: There actually was a coalition of countries in Afghanistan who agreed

[stevenleser]

The main members of the coalition were:

United States – 78,430
United Kingdom – 9,500
Germany – 4,400
France – 3,750
Italy – 3,300
Canada – 2,830
Poland – 2,500
Turkey – 1,710
Australia – 1,550
Spain – 1,470
Romania – 1,140

Another 34 countries provided troops or other support. That is a serious coalition.

Lets all not forget that the Taliban were an almost universally hated group and government whose many atrocities were well documented. There were many folks who were against the Iraq war and for the Afghanistan war from the beginning.

IMHO we should have left well enough alone when the Soviets invaded. Joe Wilson's interesting use of the congress and CIA aside, if we had let the Soviets finish the job and install whatever government they wanted to install, we would not be where we are.