Yeah, it is our issue. We're the ones that decided we were going to come in there and completely change the lives of millions and millions of people. We've spent money and it's hurt our economy, but we've altered the entire country and the lives of its people forever. We broke it, and its our job to take care of those people now.
Its not our JOB to take care of these nations. We are doing it because of some false ideals that we can somehow change these places into sunshine and lolipops and eliminate all of the terrorists.
Yes we destroyed their previous regime, but we gave them a new one, we gave them democracy, and we eliminated most of their biggest terrorists. We have given them years to get ready, so it is totally within our right to leave now, and right away.
This is a nation that may collapse no matter what we do, so if we stay there for a long time it may be a waste of time. No matter how long we stay there there will be terrorists, and why? Because we are there. Sure they have radical motivations from religions, but that is only a means to an end. It has been shown in many other areas that when our forces withdraw completely the motivation to kill these "evil oppressors" is eliminated, and these radical religious people no longer have an audience to attract. In this way total withdrawal may be helpful to them.
There's no plausible way to do that though, so we're doing the best we can.
We shouldnt be doing it in the first place, there is no real plausible way and every time we attempt to nation build it fails.
As for pulling out immediately and letting it fall into chaos, you can be the person that has to explain to the families of the thousands of soldiers that died why everything they gave their lives for has been for nothing because we just gave up.
Dont give me that guilt bullshit. We didnt "give up" we are involved in an endless war with no solution. No matter what we do the nation may fall into chaos. It is the governments fault these troops are dieing not the fault of those that want to save them from the overzealous government and its crusade of democracy.
These people died to defend our freedoms and I respect the hell out of them and I wont allow you to use your false ideals to tell me I dont, but they are fighting in a war we should be in in the first place, and if the only motivation not to leave is because our troop have died in a misleading and formally undeclared and unconstitutional war then we might as well end it right now.
Let the families take it up with those in power and throw them all out for the injustices committed against them and other countries as well as our own, not someone like me that is only doing what is right according to our founding principals.
