| Historically, attempting to take over Afghanistan is the dumbest thing one can do. When Alexander the Great was attempting to take over the world, he stopped in Afghanistan, turned around and went home. Same with the USSR, who had hundreds of thousands of troops who could not suppress the nation. The past few weeks of America's invasion of Afghanistan have been the most violent since November of 2001.
I'm not saying that the terrorists don't deserve to be punished, but the way we went about doing so will end up being worthless, because we'll lose more soldiers in the long run and things in Afghanistan will most likely remain the same when we finally leave. |