Barack Obama Continues War In Afghanistan

Any hope that the capture and killing of Ussama bin Laden would herald the end of the interminable Afghanistan war has been quietly dashed. Instead the Obama administration and the Pentagon are using the victory over bin Laden to make the case of continuing efforts in order to ostensible build on the bin Laden hit. But the bin Laden hit and the destruction of al Qeada was the original mission and it has been achieved in Afghanistan and Pakistan to a significant degree. Are there some remnants of the terrorist organization? Yes, but what is left does not necessitate tens of thousands of US troops and, as the bin Laden raid showed, the rest can be smoked out through drones, intelligence gathering and special forces and are not the concern of infantry. And most of al Qeada is not outside of the region and in Yemen. So why are we still in Af-Pak? Because of the Taliban?

This vile tribal group from some previous century is an indigenous being in the nation and is the responsible of the Afghan people and government to defeat, and not to free ride of American blood and treasure especially as the government of Hamad Karzai is notoriously corrupt.

The Taliban's human rights record does not merit a unending US commitment, as for fear that they may harbor anti-American terrorists again that is 1) unlikely, considering that the Taliban is concerned with domestic matters and survival and would not repeat the same mistake which led to their overthrow in the first place 2) and even if they did, a few air strikes and special forces raids against primitive forces will settle the matter. If the Navy SEALS could enter Pakistan territory miles from the capital, in a nuclear-tipped nation with a sizable modern army, and conduct a stunning hit then surely we could make mince-meat out of any terrorists harbored by the Taliban (who do not even have a radar system) 3) and it is not even certain that the Taliban would be able to establish their rule in the capital Kabul as the new guard would be hard pressed to defend its power and privilege in a capital city now numbering three million, at most the Taliban would be confined to rural area in the no man's land of Afghanistan.

So it is time to leave the country with are heads held high that we have concluded our mission with a specular finish and, as for democracy, we tired our best but that is the responsibility of the Afghan people.

But, alas, it seems that matters will go the other way. Just consider these recent headlines after the celebratory killing of bin Laden:

Inside the Pentagon, however, officials make the case that rather than using Bin Laden’s death as a justification for withdrawal, the United States should continue the current strategy in Afghanistan to secure additional gains and to further pressure the Taliban to come to the bargaining table for negotiations on political reconciliation.

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H/T: Glenn Greenwald.

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