Should the US Withdraw from Afghanistan?

It was originally based on revenge...first for the trade center (afghanistan) ...then they switched to revenge against trying to kill daddy Bush (Iraq) which originally was for oil (1992) so I guess maybe the Iraq part could be considered oil related...but Afghanistan was definitely revenge based..


also I want to change my vote...yes they should withdraw...but only after everyone else has..and they should pay billions to rebuild the schools and hospitals they ruined

 

Actually the U.S. alone has given about $10 billion in domestic aid to Afghanistan so far. Most Afghans still consider the toppling of the taliban a good thing, 70% think the invasion by US troops even after how bad we fucked it up is a good thing and want NATO troops to stay
http://abcnews.go.com/images/PollingUnit/1083a1Afghanistan2009.pdf

In fact schools were the highest ranked among Afghans with 74% saying the schooling conditions were good, the next closest were water and food at 65%.

 

UK combat troops should be gone in 5 years.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...meron-outlines-Afghanistan-exit-strategy.html

 

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Cameron said hopefully they can be gone within 5 years, but won't hold to a time table.

 

There are many caveats, yes. That is why I said "should" not "would".

 

In the meantime though hasn't Cameron pledged enough more troops to take the UK total to 10,500

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4IfABv8KE0"]YouTube- David Cameron speech: 'I will send more troops'

He says yes. But he seems to have flip-floped slightly. Plus, his words have been bastardised far too much to really know. I have not read anything to suggest what he really desires (aside from wishing for combat troops to be gone in 5 years).

 

For the record I think this poll is also misleading in the fact 1/3 of troops in Afghanistan are non-American

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In fact, current troops numbers, give or take
USA - 79,000
UK - 10,000
Germany -4,400
France - 3,800
Italy - 3,300
Canada - 2,900
Poland - 2,500
Turkey - 1,700
Netherlands - 1,700
Australia - 1,600
Spain - 1,400
Romania - 1,400
Georgia - 1,000

All others have less than about 1,000, Denmark, Bulgaria, Sweden, Czech republic, Belgium and Norway each have 500 or more.

 

Other countries have decided to leave. Other countries are weighing up when to leave. The question seems to be about American troops. I think we are departmentalising here...

 

To be fair the poll will only mislead those not already aware of the international facet to the occupation.

 

what are we lookin for, victory? 'cmon.

 

Reconstruction, Stablisation, Good governance, Friends.

 

Just because it worked with japan doesn't mean the afghanis appreciate it. The worldwide hate club just keeps pouring in. This is just going in circles.

 

Thats why I chose no too. And my Uncle is a soldier there....

 

I said yes.

 

Three steps forward one step back, imho. But you are right more often than I am.

 

...by bombing them?

 

first of all america clean your mess who the ***** is selling weapons to India and Pakistan if want peace stop selling weapons first in Afghanistan what are they doing none has the right to intervene a war with in them it is their destiny why do america interfere do other countries interfere in all the crimes and rapes happening in us and stationing their army to fight with us for their crimes in usa

 

what

also we're not the only country selling weapons
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms_industry#World.27s_largest_arms_exporters
relative to size europe is doing just as good.

and it's takes two to tango, we may be selling them, but you're also buying them

 

"We" are doing the same thing the Iraqi and Afghan military are doing just on a larger scale...backed by both emerging tentative governments.
People seem to ignore that bit...
I don't need to get too pedantic about this do I?

I'll remind everybody who is reading this I said: Yes to withdrawing from Afghanistan. Just sayin'