Orangeslice13
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this is why I spend more time reading in here and less time posting. By the time I decide what I think you quick whits have moved on. It sucks being old.
My Brother came home from Afghanistan the week before Vandy. Clearly I want the rest to come home as well. I can't decide why the hell we're over there.
Just my thoughts on the situation, sorry for the rant.
When I joined the Army on July 2, 2001, I did not sign up to fight for stability in Afghanistan; nor did I sign up to establish democracy in Iraq.
You have held your own in various threads. Hell, in the eyes of OE we are alters.
Oh and tell your brother, an anonymous person from halfway around the world is appreciative of his service. I'm glad he is home.
One of the better analysis of Afghanistan that I have came across.
As with orangeslice's brother, I thank you for your service.
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TRUT, thank you for your service. I had no idea you were a Ranger. Shocking actually. Never figured a graduate student of Philosophy being a former Ranger.
One of my best commanders went to Seminary and then graduate school in philosophy at a top Ivy League school after he had commanded a company in the 2nd Ranger Battalion. He went on to retire as a 3 Star General. Philosophy=logic=solid decision making. I love how TrUT uses VN as a sounding board for his explorations but looking through the smoke, I think he'd be ok by my side in a fight. Just my take.
One of my best commanders went to Seminary and then graduate school in philosophy at a top Ivy League school after he had commanded a company in the 2nd Ranger Battalion. He went on to retire as a 3 Star General. Philosophy=logic=solid decision making. I love how TrUT uses VN as a sounding board for his explorations but looking through the smoke, I think he'd be ok by my side in a fight. Just my take.
The excuse was to defeat Al Qaeda and punish the Taliban for not handing them over and for allowing them to train in their country. The reason we went and are still there is because we see it in our national interest to have influence in the region. Afghanistan gives us a spot from where we can influence events in Iran, Pakistan and all of Central Asia and their mineral and oil reserves.
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I ain't no military strategist but I can read a map. Iraq is on one side of Iran and Afghanistan is on the other. Pretty clear that we were thinking a presence in each would allow us to squeeze. Likewise, with an alliance with India we could squeeze Pah-kee-shhhhtaaaan (to use the Presidential affectation).
Complete waste of time, money, and lives.WASHINGTON President Obama decided in recent weeks to authorize a more expansive mission for the military in Afghanistan in 2015 than originally planned, a move that ensures American troops will have a direct role in fighting in the war-ravaged country for at least another year.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/22/u...ds-us-role-in-afghan-combat.html?src=twr&_r=0
We will never leave. One year turns into another and yet another....
What possible difference would it otherwise make leaving now than in 2016. Not a damn bit other than reviving the opium business.
Hope it's ok to post this, it has some "language" in it so, NSFW
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qW2YWqVpT4E
I am sure they will say that's "seeds of freedom" they are watching over. Taxpayers dollars hard at work my friend. War on drugs MY A$$$$$$$!