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from what I can see Iraq and Afghanistan are pretty good spots to be in.
You have Iran in the middle with Syria to the west and saudia arabia to the south. You can keep a pretty good eye on things from that stand point.
and I'll try and explain the point of losing more lives in Afghanistan than Iraq. Yes doubling the lives of lost soldiers in Afghanistan would not equal the total in Iraq...BUT had we been there the whole time the fight would have been so hard and so bitter that the total amount of lost soldiers would double or triple fighting in Afghanistan. This is not just number right now but what WOULD have been if we just stayed in Afghani territory and fought from there.
So many of these decisions can be Political and so many can be Tactical(military) that looking at them with just one or the other point of view is neither good nor reasonable.
The main point is this whole situation sucks. Do we want to have troops over there...NO! But we can't just protect the homeland with disrupting the planning of terrorists abroad. If we just protected home we would have no idea what we were waiting for.
The war on terror will probably go on for the next 15 years probably more so we will have time to see what transpires. But also if the next pres takes care of business I think we have a decent start already. Whether it makes everyone happy? Who cares? I don't. The majority of the people in the US elected him for a second term and that's what we have. (I didn't vote Bush or Kerry so don't get one my case). I just know we have what we have and we have to live with it.
Also don't get your hopes up for a "better" president anytime soon. This country will still be sending buffoon after buffoon to the elections for many years to come no matter the party. We will either have an idiot Dem or an idiot Rep in office in 3 years. So let's just hope for the best.
You have Iran in the middle with Syria to the west and saudia arabia to the south. You can keep a pretty good eye on things from that stand point.
and I'll try and explain the point of losing more lives in Afghanistan than Iraq. Yes doubling the lives of lost soldiers in Afghanistan would not equal the total in Iraq...BUT had we been there the whole time the fight would have been so hard and so bitter that the total amount of lost soldiers would double or triple fighting in Afghanistan. This is not just number right now but what WOULD have been if we just stayed in Afghani territory and fought from there.
So many of these decisions can be Political and so many can be Tactical(military) that looking at them with just one or the other point of view is neither good nor reasonable.
The main point is this whole situation sucks. Do we want to have troops over there...NO! But we can't just protect the homeland with disrupting the planning of terrorists abroad. If we just protected home we would have no idea what we were waiting for.
The war on terror will probably go on for the next 15 years probably more so we will have time to see what transpires. But also if the next pres takes care of business I think we have a decent start already. Whether it makes everyone happy? Who cares? I don't. The majority of the people in the US elected him for a second term and that's what we have. (I didn't vote Bush or Kerry so don't get one my case). I just know we have what we have and we have to live with it.
Also don't get your hopes up for a "better" president anytime soon. This country will still be sending buffoon after buffoon to the elections for many years to come no matter the party. We will either have an idiot Dem or an idiot Rep in office in 3 years. So let's just hope for the best.