Med911
April 19, 2012, 9:18pm
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Re: Have Americans lost in Afghanistan?
This war is not about winning or losing – it is about freeing a region that became the breeding grounds for all sorts of terror organizations who were exporting their hatred and terror to all parts of the world. Would you not agree that Afghanistan was one of the most oppressed nations in the world just a decade ago? Today that has changed because of the efforts of more than sixty countries who are involved in this war on terror. Afghans are free to choose their own destination. Boys and girls have the equal opportunity to learn and seek education. People are not afraid to come out of their home to go the markets to make an honest living. Roads have been built. New school, college, and office buildings have been built. There is an infrastructure in place for future generations to build on. Comparing today’s Afghanistan to the Soviet-occupied one is totally wrong. Soviets left Afghanistan in ruins, while today most Afghanistan is re-built and looking forward to a better tomorrow.
This has not been an easy war by any stretch of imagination, but successes are evident in every section of Afghan society. A strong and vibrant security force has started to take over from ISAF all security duties for their country. There is a pride in what they are doing for their country. The future of Afghanistan is bright and so is the interconnected future of other countries of the region. They will also prosper from a peaceful and stable Afghanistan…. Is that not victory for all who seek peace?
Maj David Neverswww.centcom.mil/ur
Call it what you like, but if after NATO leaves, the Taliban manage to return to power, that will mean that the entire 10 years of this War were a waste.
It cant be success if everything unravels as soon as you leave.
If you break something, which you then glue back together, only to see it shatter soon after, means you never actually fixed it.
I wish you guys the best, but lets stop kidding ourselves.