We hear that there are some women in Afghanistan that now have better lives. But who knows.
I heard 2nd hand a comment that stuck with me. She told a family member that having been in Afghanistan, on a tour, she said "It's not a country worth saving." I.e. the attempts of America to make it a better place would not work, and were foolish.
George Will was right. Get out of Afghanistan, and if you need to attack the terrorists, do so from the air.
The documentary Restrepo also pointed out absurd that conflict has been.
It's not up to us to make any other people's lives better. We can't. They have to do it themselves. They have to define "better." If they want to turn their soccer fields into places to hang women, what are we going to do about it?
Nobody in America wants to take over Iran. We are told that Iran is fueling conflict over the entire region. Iran says it is not.
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