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Politics : Foreign Policy Discussion Thread
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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (9359)11/23/2009 7:32:25 PM
From: Hawkmoon  Read Replies (2) of 15992
 
President Bush left Afghanistan in good shape.

Not sure I agree with that assessment. I think Bush focused more upon nation building in Iraq than he did in Afghanistan. Afghanistan was treated as a "sideshow" with the Iraq effort was at it's height. Now that Iraq is winding down (relatively speaking), Afghanistan, or really Pakistan, is the 800 pound gorilla in the room.

But I think the Taliban smell hesitance in Obama's policies. They know that his Democratic congress aren't particularly interested in staying in Afghanistan and actually working to achieve a stable and sustainable calm there.

Thus, anything they can do to make Americans believe that the war is un-winnable is what they will do.

I personally don't believe ANY WAR is "un-winnable" if the national might is behind the effort. And I think it's even more important that we're not seen as being defeated in Afghanistan since their leaders will immediately use their victory as a recruiting tool to declare that "allah is with them".

I think the more defeats we hand the Taliban, the more the perception will grow that, were "allah" with them, they would be undefeatable. Nor would Allah bless their killing and oppression of other Muslims.

Hawk
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