Quote Originally Posted by Breukelen advocaat
The Taliban sheltered, aided, funded and protected al Quada. They are just as bad. I'm not claiming that all of our strategies have been correct, or effective enough - far from it, but those organizations in Afghanistan have been in bed together right from the beginning.
Truer words were never spoken, BA. Word indeed. The Taliban's just as primitive and crazy as Al Qaeda and they're allied as can be. The Taliban's resurgence in Afghanistan is a big threat to our security in that part of the world and to our friends in that region. I can't completely tell what point the OP here was trying to make, to be honest. Because the truth is that either of our candidates is going to have to face the reality that there's a serious problem in Afghanistan that's going to require our ongoing and increasing military attention, too. Both countries are going to require it (Iraq and Afghanistan). Both of our current candidates will have to come to terms with this fact (and both are plenty smart and qualified enough to do so). People who think we can simply pull out and leave either place haven't done enough reading.