[quote=afx114]Whether or not you agree with the policy, I don’t understand why people are shocked that Obama wants to ramp up Afghanistan. He campaigned on it, did he not? And the majority of Americans voted for him based on that campaign, did they not? Damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t, I guess.[/quote]
Well put.
I am in support of the war in Afghanistan.
One can draw a line directly from that failed state to lots and lots of dead Americans.
There is a very compelling case that withdrawal could reconstitute that particular incubator.
However, there is also a compelling case to be made regarding expense and resource allocation.
We don’t need a functioning republican democracy to keep disruptive pressure on the important resistance groups. But again, see how well that worked last time. My point being that it is pretty easy to drop the ball using the strategy of surgical disruption.
But still, when do you decide too many resources have been allocated?
I don’t know what formula is adequate to evaluate that.
