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Is it time to cut and run from Afghanistan?

Is it time to cut and run from Afghanistan?

  • Yes, as quickly as possible

    Votes: 28 87.5%
  • No, we should stay and continue the mission.

    Votes: 4 12.5%

  • Total voters
    32
Should have left earlier but now you overstayed and being told to leave.
 
It's amazing that a city worker has so much time to spend yapping on the internet. :shrug:

my job, is none of your ****ing business, and has nothing to do with this damn thread.

how I spend my time, is also none of your God-damned business. Its very sad that you have to make personal attacks rather than discuss the thread. I'm embarrased for you.
 
my job, is none of your ****ing business, and has nothing to do with this damn thread.

how I spend my time, is also none of your God-damned business. Its very sad that you have to make personal attacks rather than discuss the thread. I'm embarrased for you.


oh, the irony. ;)



:shrug:


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I think many soldiers are burnt out. It doesn't mean that we don't see merit in the wars we've fought but at least for myself 5 combat deployments is a lot of missed anniversaries, birthdays, Christmases and etc.

We've done good things in Afghanistan and Iraq and I have had local nationals thank me and say they were glad we were there. ( you won't see this on the news because it doesn't support their agenda)

I can't speak for all soldiers but for myself I don't enjoy fighting, there is nothing fun about shooting someone or watching your buddies get blown apart by an IED.

I do it because it's my chosen profession and so others who are less suited for this line of work don't have to.

Most of us want these wars to be over but we want to do it right, leave it in the best shape we can, not pull out and leave it in chaos and having the soldiers that sacrificed have done so for nothing.
 
I think many soldiers are burnt out. It doesn't mean that we don't see merit in the wars we've fought but at least for myself 5 combat deployments is a lot of missed anniversaries, birthdays, Christmases and etc.

We've done good things in Afghanistan and Iraq and I have had local nationals thank me and say they were glad we were there. ( you won't see this on the news because it doesn't support their agenda)

I can't speak for all soldiers but for myself I don't enjoy fighting, there is nothing fun about shooting someone or watching your buddies get blown apart by an IED.

I do it because it's my chosen profession and so others who are less suited for this line of work don't have to.

Most of us want these wars to be over but we want to do it right, leave it in the best shape we can, not pull out and leave it in chaos and having the soldiers that sacrificed have done so for nothing.



This is why I don't put much stock in the PEW poll or cawtaba's cheerleading... We are indeed war weary, and in a war(s) like this, with withdrawal on the horizon, many vets and troops may just feel that (if we don't finish) it wouldn't be worth it.

I'd love to see the sample questions of this poll so that we may get the context, and direction they were headed with it.
 
Wow, nice hysterics, if you were an honest sort, you would of thought twice before posting this drivel, as I've mentioned on more than one occassion of knowing veterans who feel the war wasn't worth it..

What an asinine emotional outburst of a post. :lol:

I see you are back to insults in lieu of backing up your claims. I don't why I expect you ever to back up your claims.
 
Its most likely time to go when the vast majority of people dont want you there and the puppet gov you have in place doesnt even want you there...

And when half the troops don't feel the war is worth it.
 
Cry much? Just because we don't find absolute merit in a single poll does not mean we want to stifle veterans free speach. Again, you don't speak for veterans like us.

The majority of troops say it wasn't worth it, and I support them in their assessment, whether you do or not.
 
And when half the troops don't feel the war is worth it.

again that poll isnt accurate,soldiers in afghanistan cant participate in the poll,and soldiers almost never saw afghanistan deployments until a little over 3 years ago,those deployed now are on constant cycle,so asking only half afghan vets and a crapload of iraq vets what they feel on afghan deployments is bs
 
"In a new Pew Research Center report on war and sacrifice, half of post-9/11 veterans said the Afghanistan war has been worth fighting. Only 44% felt that way about Iraq, and one-third said both wars were worth the costs."

"Pew surveyed 1,853 veterans, including 712 who served in the military after the 9/11 attacks."

"More than half of post-9/11 veterans also felt that too much reliance on military force to combat terrorism leads to more terrorism"

Survey: Veterans say Afghanistan, Iraq wars not worth it - CNN.com
 
"In a new Pew Research Center report on war and sacrifice, half of post-9/11 veterans said the Afghanistan war has been worth fighting. Only 44% felt that way about Iraq, and one-third said both wars were worth the costs."

"Pew surveyed 1,853 veterans, including 712 who served in the military after the 9/11 attacks."

"More than half of post-9/11 veterans also felt that too much reliance on military force to combat terrorism leads to more terrorism"

Survey: Veterans say Afghanistan, Iraq wars not worth it - CNN.com

still doesnt cover the number of afghan veterans.if iraq until 3 and a half years ago covered 3/4's of all deployments,wouldnt 3/4's of all post 9/11 vets be iraq and not afghan vets????????
 
Afghan President Wants U.S. Troops To Leave Early


"As both nations still digest the consequences of Sunday’s events, the President of Afghanistan wants the U.S. to accelerate its withdrawal from the county, just as polls are starting to show that Americans feel exactly the same way:

Afghan president Hamid Karzai told U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta that he wants an accelerated scale-back of American troops from the country.

Karzai wants Afghan troops to be in control of security in his country by the end of 2013 – a year ahead of schedule, according to the Associated Press."

"Karzai’s comments come at the same time that Gallup releases a new poll showing that a growing number of Americans support an accelerated withdrawal timetable:

PRINCETON, NJ — Fifty percent of Americans say the United States should speed up withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan, while 24% prefer sticking to the current timetable to leave by the end of 2014, and 21% say the U.S. should stay as long as it takes to accomplish its goals. Democrats and independents are most likely to favor a faster withdrawal than planned. Republicans are about equally divided between favoring a faster withdrawal and keeping troops in Afghanistan until the U.S. accomplishes its goals.

The results are based on a March 13 USA Today/Gallup poll, conducted a few days after a U.S. serviceman went on a shooting rampage, killing 16 Afghan civilians. This was the latest in a series of reports of troubling behavior by U.S. service members in Afghanistan, including reports of some soldiers burning Qurans and others urinating on the corpses of Taliban soldiers.

More than one in three Americans say their opinions on how long U.S. troops should remain in Afghanistan have changed because of events there in recent weeks, while 60% say their views have not changed. The vast majority of those whose opinions have changed — equal to 27% of Americans in total — say they now think the U.S. should withdraw sooner than they previously thought."

Afghan President Wants U.S. Troops To Leave Early
 
All we need there is a few well guarded drone bases. The Taliban will never regain control if we keep killing their leaders.
Pull everyone else out they are nothing but targets for wannabe terrorists.
 
After the most recent events in Afghanistan, is it time to cut our losses and bring the troops home?

It was time to cut and run 11 years ago.... We should have gone into Afghanistan, found Bin Laden and left.
 
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