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Originally Posted by paraclete

What century are you living in, you lost, that's LOST, the war in Vietnam but then maybe you are confused and prepared to admit you are losing in Afghanistan. I am not suggesting Afghanistan be treated as a police action, I am suggesting that you leave Afghanistan without that final crushing absolute victory of killing the last Al Qaeda terrorist. You are in an action of diminishing returns andproviding targets for the enemy because you fail to realise that Al Qaeda continues to fight there because you are there, the Taliban continue to fight there because you are there.
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When viewed as part of the Cold War, Vietnam Nam was a battle lost but still but of a victorious campaign.

Recent history also shows that to the jihadists targets are wherever they see a vulnerability [ NYC, London, Madrid, Bali, Lebanon, ETC. ], the targets are not created by us or the military, the targets are a creation of the jihadist mindset. If the return on Afghanistan is to delay, forestall, lessen the amount of attacks in the US, then it is still worthwhile.


G&P