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Originally Posted by Minte
Again, the Taliban were out of Afghanistan in less than 60 days. So his statement that the war effort was hurt is ridiculous. The mistake that was made was that we occupied both countries and we still do today. The military did their job and they did it very well.
Since then, and you can find the stats on wiki ie:taliban..the Taliban have been responsible for killing at least 70% of their own countrymen.
History is nothing but populations revolting against sitting governments and civil wars.
If the Afghan people really wanted the Taliban out, they would be out.
So I am not misunderstood. The Taliban were spanked. We should've left immediately after. Saddam Hussein and his sons were thrown out and killed. We should've left immediately. Being an occupying force in countries were the majority of the people don't want our philosophy is a fools errand.
And that had nothing to do with the military. They did their jobs very well.
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You are correct. The military did their jobs very well. It was a failure of leadership. Basically, by your own admission, a failure by the Bush administration. If he had done things your way we would have rolled into both countries, removed the force (Saddam and Taliban respectively) and then left and allowed the people to determine their own future. What would have happened? I guess we can only speculate. Maybe they become countries with a stable leadership, maybe a dictator or some other extremist group comes to power. We can only guess.
So then, by your own admission, much of your problem is with how the Bush administration handled things after the invasion correct?