What's with the movies and documentary stuff

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Twodogs

Seriously, why are we still there? It's a fricken POS worthless landscape good only for producing heroin. I can't believe we still have our youngest, brightest, and best dying there on a daily basis. It's insanity, let them rot in their own filth or turn it into the surface of the sun for two seconds, just be done with it..

Agreed. The reason? Because the right believes jibberish like what is written below and would accuse Obama of "cutting and running," particularly during an election year. Obama, like all Democrats, is fearful of being labelled as soft on national security and is willing to waste a few more lives and dollars to get past election day before he does the right thing. Romney maintains the belief (or so he says) that we can actually "win" there.

Significant military progress has been made in Afghanistan — progress that we have personally witnessed over repeated visits. Four years ago, southern Afghanistan was overrun by the Taliban, and our coalition lacked the resources and the strategy necessary to break their momentum. Today, that situation has been reversed, thanks to the president’s surge of forces, the leadership of talented military commanders, and the courage and perseverance of our troops.

Similarly, our effort to build the Afghan National Security Forces — which was under-resourced and disorganized four years ago — has been overhauled. Growing numbers of Afghan units are increasingly capable of leading the fight.

- John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Joe Liebermann

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinio...XSS_story.html

[merrylander]

Neither one of that unholy trinity has any skin in the game.