What's US objective in Afghanistan?

[johnnyd101]

i have to say allowing the taliban to take back afganistan would be unthinkable to allow the fascists to terrorize the afgan people again is horrible.. if you could get a strong afgan government with enough troops to deal with the treat then you can get nato out of there. hopefully that's an achievable aim within the next few years but allowing the country to slip back to the way it was is not a good answer.....

[COUGERFOX]

By sending in more troops to "THE MEAT GRINDER" they are doing the Lyndon Baines Johnson.

[armytaskforce11x]

Ya but think,look at the Iraq now its very safe,people are happy and no more al-qaeda,or terrorism,all from 100,000 troops.

[HYDROPODSBOD]

Military Industrial Complex feeding frenzy; history repeating

[pulpBleacher]

Remember conscription... My god we have to get out of the rest of the world's problems and stop supporting the US's pathetic adventures to secure more oil reserves and protect a wilting reserve currency (Saddam and Iraq and WMD, 2005).

[darrellmellissa]

It would be nice if the military kicked Barrys ass out of office

[MajNorberg]

Peace is bad for Arms TRADE.

[ShaktipatSeer]

It makes me almost tear with joy to see such honest journalism re-surfacing in america...

[superiorgreen]

The real objective is to install a friendly corrupt warlord ruled narco-state that supports Unocal. This is a plan devised by Satanists high up in the last administration.

The Luciferian human sacrifice of innocent brave soldiers on a grand scale covered with deception and secrecy, with promises of security and righteousness. The flood of deadly drugs to global youth to pay for secret operations under the CIA, such as secret prisons and interrogation outside American law, is the real cause.

[luckyvet]

Objective:

- Transfer troops from Iraq to create more conflict & keep the Military industrial complex alive & well

- Sustain that conflict.

[HYDROPODSBOD]

.......thats exactly what i was thinking

[TheLostRepublic]

its funny how we go to war without first having an objective.

[zoticus1]

I do not believe in Al Qaida because I stopped believing in the bogyman when......

Well I never did believe in the bogyman.

I swear it seems our government stole some pages of a comic book VERBATIM complete with the mad villain and the hero landing on an aircraft carrier!

[GohanMH1]

All this shit is just an ambiguous reality show with people dying in it.

[franzjanes]

I' ll say the policy is unarticulated........fuck the hrearts and minds of afganis.....lay that TAPI pipelline and get that oil flow-

ing south of Russia. Obama thinks we're a bunch of cherries.

Fuck Obama ! Fuck the Pentagon. Dr. Janesh

[afare1]

this women aint doing a good job answering questions, obama's agenda and the military's agenda in this war needs to be looked at closer, i think its pretty clear that alot of this has got to do with laying oil pipe lines in Afghan. Clearly not enough clarity on this issue from any source

[MajNorberg]

She sourced Washington Post....She herself is a Pentagon Correspondent.............mayb­e Pentagon has no transparency that you're complaining about....!

[kwillyou22]

Afghanistan was the death bed of the Soviet Union and it will be the death bed of the United States aswell if our adminisration doesnt do something

[robertinrinrin]

Who's watching the watchmen?

[WeAreWakingUp]

1) Full control of the land, including all natural and man-made (or harvested) resources.

2) Population reduction

3) Long term bases

Nuff said.

[luckyvet]

Yes.

[NicosNicosNicosNicos]

I'm sure they want long-term bases, to have a presence in the region, near Iran, in the former USSR where the US has been seeking increasing influence since they've been able to do so.

[caszper87]

long term bases? I'm really shocked...

[WellIAMScottish]

If you sign up to kill people for money, or for a company that kills people for money, you are a disgusting human being.

[WellIAMScottish]

The fundamental reasoning has been lost. Why is the United States killing random human beings on the other side of the world when we can't even have a reputable investigation as to what really happened on 911? Why do we continue to murder innocent people for an indecent that was very likely instigated by our own government? This whole thing is preposterous. They are literally getting away with murder. Fuck the United States and fuck the pawn of the military.

[johnnyd101]

@WellIAMScottish wow conspiracy theorists ye are fucking every where i am really sick of ye your not contributing anything productive to the debate... i have had conversations with a lot of ye and it's the same bulllshit. ye there was a conspiracy 17 muslim fundamentalists highjacked planes and flew them into buildings deal with it.

[andrew75056]

@johnnyd101 baaaa

[andrew75056]

@johnnyd101 baa

[andrew75056]

@johnnyd101 Baa

[czubspenx]

What is the U S objective? Oil pipeline and billions for the military industrial complex.

[Unkn0wnGuy]

Don't forget about controlling the opium trade. Big money there.

[flyhead2]

I think that these 'media debates' are choreographed and for public consumption only. The Pentagon are functionaries of the geopolitical strategists, as is Obama. This is smoke and mirrors.

[mykecontrol314]

military = big business, hence the more war, the more money that weapons, logistics, aircraft, defense, etc contractors make... and who doesn't wanna profit off the blood of poor people?

[ZedAlfa273]

The US plan for Afghanistan is to prolong the so-called 'war' for as long as possible.

The purpose of the 'war' is not to win, rather spend.

And oh yes what a spend fest it has been indeed, Iraq as well.

It is for this reason that we have been in Afghanistan for 8 years with absolutely nothing to show for it.

In addition, Afghanistan is important to the CIA as this is where the CIA's opium comes from. Opium the CIA uses as part of their operating budget.

Afghanistan for the win!!!

[HuxleyWasRight]

oh great, Obama is mulling two options, slaughter people with troops or slaughter people with drones by remote control .

what about the obvious and sane option, withdraw now!!!!! there is no "victory" here, just like there wasn't in Iraq, these wars are just to sell more helicopters he military industrial complex, and to dump american taxpayers money in the ocean so they can't get to it .

[benlingben]

'long term military bases'...... i thought that was the plan the whole time