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Originally posted by silent_jay
exactly i hope this countries children aren't doomed for a life of war like their parent's have. the world community should expand the peacekeepers beyond Kabul.
you're right SLM3 not a very positive future for either of these war torn nations
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Not a very positive future with that kind of attitude. Never doom the future. Kabul is a start. It only makes sense to secure the largest cities first. It doesn't mean the US hates Afghani country-folk, its that you can't spread 11,700 troops evenly across the country and expect them to survive. Rebuilding takes years. And I would say as opposed to their former way of life, they will have a positive future. The Operation Avalanche involves going deeper into the countryside to fight other Taliban strongholds. How this would define "forgetting about Afghanistan" I don't know. Its true we could use more resources, we always could use more resources to do it better, so I understand that criticism but the US has hardly given up on Afghanistan. Who knows in 3 years you may be right.