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Originally posted by techweenie
Where have you ever seen me -- or any of the others here who do not agree with the administration -- criticize our actions against the Taliban in Afghanistan?
The only criticism in that regard has been the incompleteness of the job and the re-emergence of the Taliban. Oh, and the deals with poppy farmers that were cut by the new Afghani government.
Instead of pursuing OBL, the pre-existing agenda against Saddam was acted on, and the U.S. military's ability to prosecute a war on another front, destroyed.
If it's not crystal clear, many of us here think the actions in Iraq have proved an excellent recruiting and training tool for our enemies. The facts seem to consistently support this. And many think al Qaeda is much larger than it was in 2001. Whatever the intent, Iraq has been a disaster. So the argument that spending those lives was 'worth it' makes no sense, since the war has cost us more than it has gained us.
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Your link was discussing the War on Terror. You know, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. I'll assume your non-answer is a "no".
So what is your idea of how the West can go into Pakistan and fight the Taliban and al Qaeda without causing a revolution, one we won't like, in Pakistan?