Afghanisatan is another Vietnam. There is not going to be a Victor. Just deaths

As we have watched every move the rest of the world has made against Afghanistan, why do we think we can do something not even the Russians' could do (and they are far less politically correct)and that is defeat the Afghan militia. After generations of war, the Afghan people have nothing to lose by standing up for themselves. They have lived through the worst of times, under conditions we cannot even grasp. They have had foreigners in their country trying to conquer and control their way of life for 100's of years. The Mideast as a whole has been unstable since before the days of CHRIST.
So why are we going to waste our resources engaging in a battle that no one can win. Putting OUR service men & women in harms way trying to fight an enemy that has NO BOUNDARIES. No rules to follow, and they hold NO value for human lives including their own. Proud to die for their ideal's they are not scared or terrified of death or dying as we Americans seem to be. They have nothing to lose. War is all these people have known for generations, and for a period of time we Americans' financed and trained these people for their fight (war) against the Russians'. Now they receive weapons from all over the planet. Russian & Chinese made automatic weapons, rocket launchers, and other munitions find their way into this war zone with ease. These weapons as well as the weapons we have sold in the past are now being used against OUR TROOPS!
Afghans need less targets to shoot at. They need the rest of the world to help them build and give them the basic needs that we all take for granted. Clean water, electricity, and plumbing.
On this day after THANKS, do any of us give thought to what the rest of the world is facing while we enjoyed family , friends, & food. Others in the world still face their daily misery of trying to survive in the midst of a poverty stricken, war torn are.
It is time for us to let the rest of the world start policing itself. We do not need to be the Afghan police. We have enough problems here in OUR own country to take care of. We are going to accomplish nothing there. If Osama Bin Laden is the true target,then let our Navy Seals go find him and get him. Use the Seals to do what they are trained to do and get it over with. If that isn't the plan, then it is time to come home and let the Afghan people deal with their issues themselves'. Unless Pakistan and Afghanistan have become part of the United States, we do not need to keep wasting OUR resources trying to fight the many factions of religions of the Middle East. We need to teach them that they can all believe what they want to believe as long as they do not infringe on the rights of others. Teach them the "GOLDEN RULE". Then quit manufacturing machine guns( like that will ever happen)
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