http://www.reason.com/news/show/135830.html
George Will is Right
It’s time for the U.S. to leave Afghanistan
David Harsanyi | September 2, 2009
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Or is victory achieved when we finally usher this primitive tribal culture, with its violent warlords and religious extremism, from the eighth century all the way to modernity? If so, we’re on course for a centuries-long enterprise of nation building and baby-sitting, not a war. The war was won in 2002.
If the goal is to establish a stable government to fill the vacuum created by our ousting of the Taliban and al-Qaida, we’ve done quite a job. Most Americans can accept a Marine’s risking life and limb to safeguard our freedoms. But when that Marine is protector of a corrupt and depraved foreign parliament—one that recently legalized marital rape and demands women ask permission from male relatives to leave their homes—it is not a victory worth celebrating.
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Put the girls and boys on the next thing coming home.
Why do we have troops in 170 countries?
We can’t afford that any more than we can afford Obamacare.
Let’s finally end the welfare warfare state.
Switzerland is an excellent model!
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