A Thought on Afghanistan

The United States and Iraqi people successfully delivered a death blow to the Jihadist movement in the heart of the Middle East. This defeat was compounded by the disgusting behavior of this terror movement in the various atrocities they committed throughout that country, the killing of school children, the torture rooms, the sectarian massacres. Here it was the apocalyptic battle Bin laden always wanted to transform the Middle East, and the forces aligned to him were swept from the field by the joint actions of Muslims and Coalition forces working together to build a better future for the people of Iraq and the people in the Middle East as a whole. Now we have talk in of pulling out of Afghanistan and letting the chips fall where they may. This would be a disaster that we will all pay for.

To hand the country back to all of the warlords, Taliban, and Jihadists would pump oxygen into the extremist movement as nothing else could. Having been prevented from attacking the US again and wiped out in Iraq, and despised by many in the Middle East, these terror groups would point to Afghanistan as their victory to prove they are still relevant. Just as importantly they would be able to establish their bases and safe havens to plan and train their operations. Surely the fact that Al Qaeda and its affiliates have been relegated to the hills of Waziristan has made it more difficult to put operations together. This is one of the key reasons why we were never attacked again. Is something of a cliche to say we fight over there so we don't fight them here, but there is more truth to that phrase then many might wish to acknowledge.

So here we are, decision time, the generals want more troops to win, the President wants the issue to go away, and significant amounts think it doesn't matter or imagine the war is Vietnam. (By the way I do not recall Ho Chi Mihn launching terror operations within the United States). Final thought, how will those who claim Afghanistan doesn't matter explain the news footage of a Bin Liden or Zwahari openly walking around Kabul surround by their coterie of armed followers and calling for Jihad against the US, what happens then?