Baraka_Guru

We are a practical people. We'll help you do things if things need doing. We like results; we like accountability; we like to make sure what we're doing makes sense. Like you said, there comes a time when you have to stop swinging. Many Canadians supported the action in Afghanistan because the Taliban are bad people and were running the show there, and they appeared to be supporting and hosting Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda.

That was ten years ago. We stopped thinking about it in terms of "this place is run by the Taliban and they're supporting and hosting Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda." For years now we've looked at Afghanistan as something else completely. It's not just about military might and using it.

I'm not sure what Obama's position is; I'm not sure of his plan. But perhaps the issue here is that he too knows it's not just about military might and using it.

The New American Century didn't work out as planned.

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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot