Reply #114: We shouldn't have gone into Afghanistan with massive military force, [View All]

The hunt for bin Laden and al Qaeda was more of a police matter, not a military one. But of course, the use only has the one hammer in its tool box, so every problem looks like a nail.

Our involvement in Afghanistan has been counterproductive. Yes, we have driven al Qaeda out of Afghanistan(into Yemen, the Sudan and elsewhere, are we going to invade them?), and we've killed bin Laden. But in the process we have killed thousands of innocents, laid waste to a country, and made far more enemies by these actions than we had before. Enemies that are now willing to work with al Qaeda and other such groups to strike back at the one who killed their sons, wives, daughters, namely the US.

As far as the reaction to bin Laden's death, I find the whole two minute hate aspect of it to be a sad commentary on our society. I do not celebrate death, not even the death of an enemy, and to display in such ongoing displays I find to be beyond distasteful, verging in to disgusting.

But now that we've officially gotten our man, and driven out al Qaeda, ie, accomplishing our original goals in going to war, let's bring the troops home, now. That might be the only thing that could make this display worthwhile.

But I doubt that's going to happen, after all, the MIC needs to be fed.