Simon W. Moon

Obviously, we must build enduring camps in Afghanistan as well as Iraq. We must plan to keep our empire's military outposts there for centuries. Otherwise our plan to bring freedom to them is lost.
It's a plan that has worked so well for empire after empire in the past. Just look at the Soviets for a recent example of the stunning success of such attempts to remain there permanently.
Wait a minute!

Or, conversely we could just focus on helping the non-Talibanis be more powerful than the Talibanis and then it won't matter if the foreign military forces leave.

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