Because It's Time to End the Afghanistan War...

any moron who thinks we can win in Afghanistan is nuts thety dont want to win its about making money war has always been about money.and yes lets let the taliban have the dam thing back maybe the chineese can talk with them.

I'd also like to remind everyone the pacifism doesnt work after youve attacked a country, you cant just bomb people day after day, 7 years later "rethink your strategy", and then turn around and try to make peace through diplomatic means. The world doesnt work that way.

We can never leave Afghanistan, we're far too involved. Because after we leave, the semi-democratic government that we set up will be overthrown, and the Taliban will regain control, and the place will become of haven for terrorists again, prompting us to return 10, 15, maybe 20 years later.
Afghanistan has been the destroyer of empires, you'll notice that every attempt at conquering the land and its people end in defeat.

Last time we balked on helping the Afghans the Mujahideen who later became the Taliban took over and oppressed the country until OEF.

"They were glorious and they changed the world... and then we fucked up the endgame."

-Charlie Wilson

It's time to end our interventionist foreign policy. Bring them home, bring them ALL home.

We have been there far too long. Lives, time, and money are all being wasted, things which could be put to far better use here, at home.

Our national defense is weakened, the financial costs continue to drain us, our allies have deserted us, and the longer we stay there, the more our enemies will multiply – not to mention the tragic toll of death and injury suffered by American forces.
They don't want us there, and we don't need to be there.

Just imagine for a moment that somewhere in the middle of Texas there was a large foreign military base, say Chinese or Russian. Imagine that thousands of armed foreign troops were constantly patrolling American streets in military vehicles. Imagine they were here under the auspices of "keeping us safe" or "promoting democracy" or "protecting their strategic interests."

How would we feel? Would we sit passively by, happy with our overlords? I certainly do not think so.

its a tragedy for the soldiers and for the afghan people, this is true. but imo, soldiers signed up knowin the risks of war and having a greedy govt controlling you via contract w/ the military. soldiers sign up to fight. they are hired killers. its the military. it happens in every culture that ever had a military in all of history. war will be gone in the next age, but for now don't get your hopes up that lennon's 'Imagine' is gonna be fulfilled in this life time; that is a highly unlikely event.

Occupation and militarization does not create peace and growth. Democracy does not dictate control. Opium dealers have become puppet masters in the War on Drugs. Only huge Corporations profit. The ancient nomads will never surrender.

Because I'm sick and tired of burying my friends, neighbors and adults who I looked up too growing up.

Come on guys we can't leave until we're finished building a corrupt poll-fixing government, guarded by an army of drug addled social rejects that no American in his right mind would want to either visit, acknowledge as a significant improvement from its former self or accept as a habitual climate if he/she was forced to live within. Seriously our credibility is on the line here. We gotta make it "right."

Because its a waste of money and lives. No one has won a war in Afghanistan in some time, there is little for us to gain and much for us to loose.

The only just War now is Class War bring the boys home no more war for corporations and profiteering although I wouldn't be opposed to a REAL war on poverty either...

Stop wasting lives and money!

i believe the situation in afghanistan and northern pakistan is far more complex than most people's understandings. higher level geopolitics bla bla is what it is, but idealistic 'youre killing people war is evil boo hoo' bullshit is for the naive imo... this is planet earth, grow up

It's not a war, stupid! It's an occupation. If the average american talking monkey can not get that distinction correct, then WTF are we to do? You cannot win an occupation. You can triumph in an invasion and subjugate your conquered peoples and possess their resources. But you cannot win. All you can do is stay or leave. The rest is self serving BS. Just ask the British.

The most dangerous man in Afghanistan?? Hamid Karzai of course!!
Time for our CIA and special forces to have a little election of their own one bullet or two for the nations most corrupt individual!!
We made the monster now we must kill it, or Afghanistan stands no chance. The people see Karzai as a criminal not a leader, his brother a drug dealer not a freedom fighter. Get real. We made a mess, clean it up, and leave only enough forces to secure the nuclear weapons of Pakistan when their government falls to pieces, which its doing right in front of the eyes of the world. Otherwise Afghanistan is a sinkhole that will swallow everything in its way. It has for centuries. The naivity is so unbelievable here, its not about oil its about Pakistans nukes, your information is liberal hogwash, and I'm a liberal, but not one who buy every line that people say. Nuclear proliferation is the number one concern now for the troops in Afghanistan, the drawdown is starting in months and we will not be staying to fight a war for years that is unwinnable. If you want to believe its oil or a pipeline go ahead your entitled but you are wrong. And Afghanistan is a shithole with lots of minerals and a very corrupt gov't which will preclude them being mined for a long time. Go learn some geo politics, and just because you just got out of college does not make you smart, its an aquired attribute

Obama will not end the war.

Be heard!