Afghanistan Withdrawal

 8-16-2021

So we're pulling out of Afghanistan. Good. No more of our bravest and best will die in an unwinnable war. We had no business there in the first place.

It was supposedly to root out Osama Ben Laden. Problem is, the CIA knew he wasn't there the whole time. Then it was supposedly to conquer the Taliban. Couldn't be done. We would have had to wipe out most of the population to do so.

So now, the Taliban is back in control and the people of Afghanistan are in worse shape than before.

The opium crop still prospers. I think the CIA made a pretty good deal with the Taliban.

Of course the military industrial complex will suffer, but it will surely find a new place to make a profit over the blood and bones of our fighting men.

I am not denigrating our troops. they went and did what they were told to do. We the people were told they were there for American freedom. Not so, America was never in danger from the Taliban. What they were fighting for was money flowing into the pockets of politicians and the manufacturers of military hardware.

I for one, welcome them home.