There can be only one legitimate reason for committing our military forces to wage war. That reason is to protect the United States of America from a serious and overwhelming threat to the homeland.
Other reasons are not legitimate reasons for our troops or allied troops being used for war. If you look at “Background Notes” by our Ambassador to Afghanistan located on the official State Department web site you will find his reasons for being there. Nowhere is it stated that the United States military is present to defend the integrity of the homeland. Rather it is stated that our mission is to help Afghanistan rehab itself and to assure other good humanitarian stuff for the country.
The reality is that we have committed our human treasure and our scarce financial treasure to an operation that does not provide any prospect of protecting the homeland from terrorist’s actions.
If we fight and “win” what have we accomplished? We will have too many dead soldiers. We will have too many human beings who were sent there to be broken physically, emotionally and mentally. Many will never be fixed. Will we have fixed the problem we set out to fix, that is, protecting the homeland from terrorist attacks? No, the terrorists will just move elsewhere to continue doing what they do. And the terrorists do not even require a friendly host country to do what they need to do. They need only a country where they can mingle with the population and practice their skills. In fact they could practice their skills right here under our noses.
What are we to do then? Play defense and play it well, it is the only game. If the United States takes some hits from terrorists while playing defense we would take the same hits while waging war. This is a war, no doubt about it but it is unlike other wars and must be waged wisely. And wisely means keeping our defense alert and ready for the challenge.
What have we learned from the past? Nixon and Kissinger knew we were going to withdraw from Vietnam but they delayed the pull out for an insufferable period of time. Our next action must be to remove our military from Afghanistan immediately.
David Evans☮
Reisterstown, Maryland
August 3, 2010
Note: The United States Department of State -- http://www.state.gov/p/sca/ci/af/
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