I suppose on its face a peace accord of some sort in Afghanistan would be a good thing and might bring about the speedy return of our brave Soldiers to their families, but let’s step back and look at this for a moment. Would this mean “negotiations” with the Taliban by chance? Would this be the same Taliban which supports the subjugation and brutalization of women within their twisted society, and enforces that support by way of beheading, stoning and hanging? Would this be the same Taliban which abhors any and all Western influence, with “individual freedom” at the top of that list? Would this be the same Taliban that supports education only through the “Koran” and forbids any other with beatings or worse for those non-compliant? Frankly speaking, is this the same Taliban in direct conflict with everything America stands for? Well it seems they are exactly who the Obama Administration intends to cast in the light of international legitimacy. Heck, we are even going to release enemy combatants who have most likely killed American/Coalition Soldiers as well as innocent Afghan men, women and children in the name of “Sharia Law”. At this point, one does have to ask the POTUS what the heck we are fighting for over there.
Now I know there will be those from the Ron Paul circle, who email me till their fingers bleed about 9/11, al-Qaeda, justification for military action, and all that crap. But in the end, if we leave behind the same breeding ground for murdering despots and would be dictators, what will our brave men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice have died for? It makes absolutely no sense that we “negotiate” with those who are clearly our enemy in every possible way they could be, so that we may facilitate some uneasy and/or false peace. Remove Karzai and his corrupt government and allow our military to do their jobs “unhindered” until the mission is complete.
Here we go again the proaganda express. Playing global cop that we cant afford to pay for.You had it right in like the frist paragraph ” There Country” not ours. You talk all there problems when we have enough of our own right here. Corporate America trampeling the constitution. Citizen’s United which allows for the buying of elections.I know that hasn’t already been done, but now it’s worse. Dod contractors love it, aswell as drug companies and the oil industry.
Hey Fred,
Before casting too many stones at POTUS, please do not forget that this is the same group that your beloved Ronald Reagan armed and trained during the days of the war between Afghanistan and Russia. Just a friendly reminder.
Have a terrific New Year!
Scott Yonan
You are correct Sir, though that speaks to another time and the old adage “the enemy of my enemy”. The debate over the foreign policy of our nation is a worthy one Scott, and we would agree on more than we don’t, I’m sure. With that said, I am Constitutionalist who believes we have strayed from honoring that which makes us unique. I would agree this certainly did not occur exclusively on President Obama’s watch, but I do believe we must at least begin to return to the “basic” principles which have come to define this nation to the rest of the world, and which seem to be fading at an alarming pace. I also believe those lessons you speak of should be the basis for the re-alignment and/or return to those principles I mentioned, and not the root of an ideological argument which seems only to be a means to a quicker end of an idea which has done more to benefit human kind than any in recorded history. Be well my friend and Happy New Year to you and yours…