General McChrystal, Rolling Stone, and the war in Afghanistan

General McChrystal in Afghanistan

If it is said that the war on the Taliban/Al Qaeda has since moved to Pakistan, why are we still in Afghanistan?

Sure, some would say that leaving without fixing their country to be a normal place, would make them even more mad at us. But then, what are we going to do when we get to Pakistan, re-construct their country also?

There has to be an end in sight, and there has to be some sort of way to leave.

I know that American Pop-Culture has made people only believe in winners, or losers, but there is a middle ground, isn’t there?

Maybe because we are still Imperialists, but  we are spending money we don’t have, on a country that will inevitably use that money against us in the end. Just like they did after we bought Taliban the AK-47′s in the 90′s as part of a peacekeeping mission.

There is no way to make a clean getaway, and Obama’s advisers won’t let him call it a loss after dumping more troops into the shit last Dec.

So then, why not just apologize now to Afghanistan’s people, and tell them: we never meant to hurt your people. We were only here to find & eradicate the Taliban/Al Qaeda.  Now that we have scared them off to Pakistan….. We will let you be.

Of course, you will need some sort of presence in the country to monitor the return of possible terrorist’s. They will only show their face again if we leave.

Personally, I believe that the people of Afghanistan would be more understanding if we were honest with them.

We never were there to police their streets, we are there to get Osama Bid Laden, and the 9/11 jabronies.

Same goes for Iraq, what the F are we still wasting tax dollars on. Why are we still in Iraq? History has shown that no government will emerge while they are dependent on our help.

Think about having a teenager leave the house when they turn 18. If you are supporting their every need. The only way they are going to find a job, and leave the house, is if a better deal comes along…. (for me it was sex) Who is going to provide that for Iraq, Iran?

Leave both countries, it will be the equivalent of kicking the teenager out….. They will land on their feet on their own. Giving them the option to Sink or Swim is the only way to go.

Sorry it took me so long to get to Gen. McChrystal, but after reading the rolling stone article. The only thing that he really needs, is to move on to Pakistan. He is obviously a man of action, and needs to be near the shit.

But, he really needs to get some sleep. Eat a hearty steak, (I guess he really has that now that he was sacked) and figure out wtf is up with getting the real bad guy. If he was the ring leader in rounding up all the terrorist cells in Iraq, why wouldn’t you give him some sort of bonus for capturing Osama, dead or alive.

Incentive… The only thing that is going to get anyone to do it is some sort of incentive. Sounds to me, that if you give McChrystal and his inner circle a couple predator drones, three months of supplies, a million dollars, a cherry coke, and an all expenses paid cruise on the Cougar Cruise. He would kill Osama Bin Laden within three days.

Least that’s a thought.