LEE KRAMER'S ROOM: With Views

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Are we a stupid, selfish nation who never learns a thing from history? The Soviet experience in Afghanistan and our own in Vietnam should have given us pause about the wisdom of invading Afghanistan. But it did not.

False equivalencies.

The War in Afghanistan: How It Started and How It Is Ending

Why did the United States invade Afghanistan?

Weeks after Al Qaeda attacked the United States on Sept. 11, President George W. Bush announced that American forces had launched attacks against the terrorist group and Taliban targets in Afghanistan.

“These carefully targeted actions are designed to disrupt the use of Afghanistan as a terrorist base of operations, and to attack the military capability of the Taliban regime,” the president said.

Mr. Bush said the Taliban, which then governed most of Afghanistan, had rejected his demand to turn over Al Qaeda leaders who had planned the attacks from bases inside Afghanistan. He said he intended to bring Al Qaeda leaders to justice, adding, “And now the Taliban will pay a price.”

https://www.nytimes.com/article/afghanistan-war-us.html

The road to hell is paved with good intentions. After 9/11 I do not blame Bush for the invasion of Afghanistan. We just overstayed our welcome after OBL was taken out.


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