Posted on Oct 18, 2023
Republicans and Dems agree Afghanistan war wasn’t worth it, poll shows
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Republicans and Dems agree Afghanistan war wasn’t worth it, poll shows
By Linley Sanders and Rebecca Santana, The Associated Press
Oct 18, 02:01 PM
A Marine assigned to the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command escorts a child during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, August 2001. (Sgt. Isaiah Campbell/Marine Corps)
At a time when Americans are deeply divided along party lines, a new poll shows considerable agreement on at least one issue: The United States’ two-decade-long war in Afghanistan was not worth fighting.
The poll from the Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research comes two years after the U.S. pulled out of Afghanistan in August 2021 and the Taliban returned to power. The war was started to go after the masterminds of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the Taliban who allowed them to use Afghan territory. It ended in frantic scenes of Afghans and Americans desperately trying to get on one of the last flights out of Kabul.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk SGT Charlie Lee] Sgt (Join to see) PV2 Larry Sellnow SPC (Join to see) Amn Dale Preisach SGT Ruben Lozada 1SG Patrick Burke PO2 Marco Monsalve Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Kim Patterson] SFC Ralph E Kelley SPC (Join to see) SSG William Jones Maj Ronald Scarpa SSG Paul Endes PO1 Lyndon Thomas
Republicans and Dems agree Afghanistan war wasn’t worth it, poll shows
By Linley Sanders and Rebecca Santana, The Associated Press
Oct 18, 02:01 PM
A Marine assigned to the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command escorts a child during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, August 2001. (Sgt. Isaiah Campbell/Marine Corps)
At a time when Americans are deeply divided along party lines, a new poll shows considerable agreement on at least one issue: The United States’ two-decade-long war in Afghanistan was not worth fighting.
The poll from the Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research comes two years after the U.S. pulled out of Afghanistan in August 2021 and the Taliban returned to power. The war was started to go after the masterminds of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the Taliban who allowed them to use Afghan territory. It ended in frantic scenes of Afghans and Americans desperately trying to get on one of the last flights out of Kabul.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk SGT Charlie Lee] Sgt (Join to see) PV2 Larry Sellnow SPC (Join to see) Amn Dale Preisach SGT Ruben Lozada 1SG Patrick Burke PO2 Marco Monsalve Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Kim Patterson] SFC Ralph E Kelley SPC (Join to see) SSG William Jones Maj Ronald Scarpa SSG Paul Endes PO1 Lyndon Thomas
Republicans and Dems agree Afghanistan war wasn’t worth it, poll shows
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Any decent historian could have predicted the final outcome of Afghanistan. I once was in a conversation where someone claimed that Afghanistan had never been conquered. That simply isn't true. It's history is one of being conquered continually. The end outcome has always been the same, that conqueror gets sick and tired of dealing with the cost to occupy this toilet and goes home. Our problem is that we lacked any kind of exit strategy nor had any realistic end game.
I was a bit critical of Bush SR. at the finish of the first Gulf War, I and many others thought we should have finished Saddam off at the time. Looking at it now, it was the right decision. However, mission creep after the ceasefire almost made the second invasion inevitable. No Fly Zones, an almost constant bombing campaign over UN compliance, embargoes. I long ago became of the opinion that if the reason for your war wasn't good enough that you would kill every mother lover that stood in the way of your goals, it probably shouldn't be fought. We didn't have that after Kabul fell and Al Queda fled.
I was a bit critical of Bush SR. at the finish of the first Gulf War, I and many others thought we should have finished Saddam off at the time. Looking at it now, it was the right decision. However, mission creep after the ceasefire almost made the second invasion inevitable. No Fly Zones, an almost constant bombing campaign over UN compliance, embargoes. I long ago became of the opinion that if the reason for your war wasn't good enough that you would kill every mother lover that stood in the way of your goals, it probably shouldn't be fought. We didn't have that after Kabul fell and Al Queda fled.
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We have not been involved in any war that was "worth it" since 1945, when we stopped fighting wars and fought "police actions," or "Operations" or whatever the term-de jour is now.
But, let us not deny the fortitude and sacrifice of all those Americans who served during those times.
But, let us not deny the fortitude and sacrifice of all those Americans who served during those times.
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MSG Stan Hutchison “But, let us not deny the fortitude and sacrifice of all those Americans who served during those times.”
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SGT Charlie Lee Amn Dale Preisach
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SGT Charlie Lee Amn Dale Preisach
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Sgt Sheri Lynn - Hi Sheri. Your comment reminds me of something that my son said when he was in pre-school.
"When they have a war, I'm not going!"
I responded, "Son, I hope you don't have to go to war."
He never did and he'll be 43 on November 3, 2023.
"When they have a war, I'm not going!"
I responded, "Son, I hope you don't have to go to war."
He never did and he'll be 43 on November 3, 2023.
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