easyt65
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- Aug 4, 2015
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Just to let you know, I agree with you. Going into Pakistan on our own would have opened up a geo-political, diplomatic can of worms our politicians did not want to touch.First of all we did not need to 'defeat' them to maintain the status quo. We sustained a very low casualty rate in Afghanistan ....lower than any other war.
There were no Amerivan combat deaths in Afghanistan in the last two yrs.
However it was a mistake not to go into the tribal lands and eliminate their safe haven.
The fact that the Taliban used Pakistan as a safe haven was not fully thought out prior to going into Afghanistan. The decision to go to war or not must include EVERY aspect of what might be affected and what would affect the military operation. Case in point, not being able to strike the Taliban in Pakistan. Re-supply of troops, exit strategies, etc...
There was no political will to do what needed to be done is we really wanted to defeat the Taliban.