It looks like Mr. Obama will escalate the battle in Afghanistan, which is probably what Bush would have done, though with much more alacrity. I wonder whether presidents take a secret oath to keep the nation in perpetual war. Obama may have won the Nobel Peace Prize, but will it be a more peaceful world after thousands more of our young people expand the war?
What is worth so much in Afghanistan? Would our world end if we left the place? Is it the only hotbed of terrorism? Are we there to support a corrupt government? Does the average Afghan think better or worse of us after nine years of combat? Does he even want us there? What do we gain by being there? What does it mean to win the war there? Can we afford to spend hundreds of billions there every year? What else could we do with the million dollars a year it costs to deploy one soldier there?
What kind of a country have we become? Is this change?
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