Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

[Captain_Jack]

CT -- Until bin Laden's fanatics visited on 9-11 not only you but most of the US would have asked "what have we to GAIN" by going into Afganistan. Even knowing our embassy bombings and 17 sailors died at their hands would not have been enough. Human suffereing there-- close eyes tighter. Eyes closed until they hit home and the warm and fuzzy feeling was in jepardy (not to mention many GAINS evaporated) did eyes open. The treatment of the Afgan population was known-- but there was nothing to gain. Same as in Nam, Cambodia, & Laos. Same as Europe in the 40s.
Anyone who had seen such things would never question the WHY the US was there. A former draft doger once said that going to Nam was like sticking your fingers to jam gears knowing they would be lost-- but would save a friends life. He was not willing to suffer pain and lose a finger for anyone.