Why Are We In Afghanistan? And Pakistan?

[lib2DaBone]

....it's all become so blurred... I forgot? Are we guarding oil pipelines or is it something to do with with the CIA's trade in Poppies?

[valerief]

1. Poppies, of course! Oh, you mean the OFFICIAL story. Communism, maybe?

That's always useful.

[tekisui]

2. Afghanistan will be another Vietnam

if we don't get out soon.

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

3. Taliban was a nasty group long before 9/11.

and still are.

[tekisui]

5. And, they are stronger now than they were 6 years ago.

They hid in the mountains and regrouped. They now "own" the border region and are spreading into Afghanistan AND Pakistan.

They are just now renewing their fight. They can last decades fighting us. We can't.

[cali]

7. No they're not. They controlled the country berfore the U.Sl invaded

they certainly are regaining strength, but I have no desire to see them back in power. The recent legal murder of the young rape victim in Somalia stands as a good reason why it's a horrific thought.

We've definitely fucked up in Afghanistan. I don't know what the answer is.

[tekisui]

9. What I mean is they are strongest now since we toppled them out of

the government in Afghanistan. But, Karzai's area of control is shrinking, and the Taliban is expanding. They are feared in the border/tribal regions, and they are controlling the commerce.

I don't want to see them back in power, but they can outlast us. I don't know the answer either.

We don't have the troops, even if we took many from Iraq, to beat the Taliban. It will be the next Vietnam, I am afraid.

[panader0]

10. They blew up the massive statues of Buddha--Bastards!

We need to get the fuck out of other countries, at least militarily. We have the ability to keep tabs on any country and the ability to take swift action if needed. But to have "boots on the ground " is not needed.

[unhappycamper]

4. I think we were after someone named bin somethingoranother.

But it may be the poppy connection. Or something with the Baltic pipeline. :shrug:

[ileus]

6. MIHOP mission must be completed.

[hendo]

8. attempting to get rid of the Taliban. nt

[valerief]

11. Poppy Bush

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acWUbVCorQo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmk22QuE8P4

[Winterblues]

12. I think it has something to do with dominos

D'Oh maybe that was another error...

[The2ndWheel]

13. Can you name a decade where the US Government

wasn't in some other country militarily?

[Parche]

14. Because

A certain commander-in-queef said CIA their are terra ists in them thar CIA hills
the ones that CIA caused 9/11 to happen CIA, and they are very CIA bad people
and they came CIA to the US and did what no other CIA group could ever have done, by
crashing 2 planes into CIA the exact right spots, making them CIA fall down that looked
really like CIA demolitions, and another plane piloted CIA by another terra guy, did what
no other pilot CIA could do, and did a 180 and crashed into the Pentagon, and went boom,
I wont CIA mention the 4th plane, that miraculously left CIA no wreckage in a field

There you have it