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[Skybird]

But we could stop letting our soldiers risk their lives over this farce.

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by Skybird

But we could stop letting our soldiers risk their lives over this farce.

I say we just build one big minefield around that country, and give everybody who doesn't want to be there 1 month to leave. After that, you are stuck in islamautopia. and they can keep all of their exports (opium and radical islam to themselves.)
No foreign-aid, no contact, no money, no nuttin. Let them live how they want to live, just keep it on their side on the minefield.

[Schroeder]

Originally Posted by Skybird

But we could stop letting our soldiers risk their lives over this farce.

If we just pull out, what would be next. I think the Taleban would retake the country in a heartbeat and after that Al Qaida (or however they are spelled in English) will rebuild it's bases there (in case they need to that is, I've heard the new ones in Pakistan are quiet cosy...) .
It would be a huge propaganda victory for the islamists "Hey, look, we've defeated Nato!". That would surely come in handy for them for their recruit campaigns.

On a side note, I think we should forget about making Afghanistan a democracy like in western countries. It isn't going to work.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Schroeder

If we just pull out, what would be next. I think the Taleban would retake the country in a heartbeat and after that Al Qaida (or however they are spelled in English) will rebuild it's bases there (in case they need to that is, I've heard the new ones in Pakistan are quiet cosy...) .
It would be a huge propaganda victory for the islamists "Hey, look, we've defeated Nato!". That would surely come in handy for them for their recruit campaigns.

On a side note, I think we should forget about making Afghanistan a democracy like in western countries. It isn't going to work.

All nice and well, it is a loss of face, like the US stayed in Vietnam too long for not loosing its face.

There is no point in staying i Afghánstian and doing "something" for them. It does not work, it will not work, and thus it is not worth the life of any Western soldiers. The Taleban cannot be defeated, since nobody is willing to crack down on Pakistan. Their likes will take over what you leave behind after pulling out. Whatever you leave behind thus is a waste of resources.

I haven't accepted to risk our (German and American and other Western) troops' lives over there since many years now, since after the Iraq war began and the US had started to shift its troops from Afghansitan to Iraq. And I will not change my mind for the rest of this conflict. It is a battle in vein. Morally I cannot justify to put our soldiers lives at risk for this nonsense. It's not worth it, and the result always will be something that works against us - becasue it is Afghanistan and not some district in Arkansas or Middle Europe.

[Skybird]

BTW, this thread started with a (admitted: unvoluntary) cartoon, so...