What can I say about sending 30,000 troops to Afghanistan?What could we possibly do in 18 months that we haven't done in 8 years? Needless to say Alexander the Great couldn't hold the place because it was like a deadly labyrinth or as he said a wall of steel. It took six months for him to conquer Iran and three years to take over Afghanistan. But I guess We're smarter than Alexander and Genghis Khan Combined. The grave yard of empires that we in our arrogance will bring life and freedom too, like gods. Ironically it was our nonsense that unfortunately started with Carter to under mine the soviet union and the monster proceed to grow under subsequent administrations that has brought us this point in time. A really great oped about this http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-scheer/here-we-go-again_b_377043.html.
In the end will we succumb to the monster we fed to destroy Russia? will it in the end devour us? It's already making us go bankrupt right now. Buckle up because it looks like we're running this car, we call a country, right into the ground. I'm not impressed in the least and disappointed. Some good further reading
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=15281
http://www.rferl.org/content/Afghans_Express_Mixed_Reactions_To_Obamas_New_AfPak_Strategy/1893281.html