[quote=martink110]Well myth wise – time will tell… The polictics part was in response to other posts blaming Bush or the left or right. Why do you believe the US is in Afghanistan?(honest question)[/quote]

Originally because the Taliban gave safe harbour to AQ. Made some sense. I don’t really remember exactly when the Taliban fell and fled. But since then, not so much. Much like I thought about the folly in Iraq, there is no such thing as victory in Afghanistan.