The US And NATO Can't Do What The Taliban Didn't

The whole reason why we went into Afghanistan was because the Taliban weren't cracking down on terrorists. Well the Taliban had 6 years and was the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. The US and NATO have had 7 years, millions upon millions of dollars, over 40,000 troops and countless resources and still haven't cracked down on terrorism in Afghanistan.

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[Maggz011]

do you get paid to wear coca-cola branded items?

[scottyross00]

No...I just like wearing shirts that advertise my favorite foods and drink beverages... watch for a t-shirt with "egg nog" coming out, just in time for christmas

[one199]

very very good points. I still maintain that we went in because the conditions there were suited to breed terrorism, and that's why staying there would be advantageous. As being part of NATO, our ally was attacked and we were obligated to strike back, but I think the "nation building" we are doing there IS helping (4th poorest country in the world)and not all Afghanis support the Taliban. the film "Charlie Wilson's War" portrays my point very well if you have ever seen it.

[scottyross00]

Yes, Afghan was the poorest country in the western hemisphere and it still is. You say we went in because Afghanistan was perfect for breeding terrorism, well one of my points of this video was that possibly terrorism cannot be dealt with militarily but perhaps dealt with going after its roots, such as western interferance after the first gulf war.

[scottyross00]

My other point is that Afghanistan is in a worse situation now then it was under the Taliban. As I said NATO has killed thousands upon thousands of Afghan civilians, 3 million Afghan refugees have fled to Pakistan, that's almost 10% of its population. Pashtuns who are associated with the Taliban are being retaliated against by regular Afghans even when they are innocent. Not to mention terrorists are making more money from opium then they ever did under the Taliban.

[scottyross00]

The very fact a government of Afghanistan cannot stand by its own, after 7 years of support, both financial and militarial, illustrates that it most likely will never be able to stand by its own, and indeed there isn't one expert who says it will happen any time soon ie within 10 years. So how can we justify propping up a government that isn't fully supported by the very people were trying to "help"?

[MovingClouds123]

@scottyross00 weren't America plan to Afghanistan before 9/11?

[TruthbHeard]

@scottyross00 Good video

plz youtube this guy Micheal Schuerer head of CIA bin ladin unit

he expresses disgust with USA deliberate manipulation of Al -Qaidas reasons for hate of AMerica

1- USA support for Israel and occupation of Muslim lands

2- USA support for police states and dictators in saudi, egypt, pakistan etc which bin ladin is against

3- western exploitation of muslim resources oil etc

[pitbullfiend5]

its been 2 years since youve made this video and the situation is getting worse. Occupying military forces now number 120,00 or more plus the private contractors such as Blackwater aka Xe which number almost 120,000 plus the Afghan army and police which together total 200,000 or more which hits a grand total of 440,000 people fighting the Taliban and still not making a change. Taliban fighters are estimated from 20,000 to 35,000 in the whole country. Time to get the hell out I believe.

[Hangshai]

Very good video, very solid points.  Pity only 600 views though, more people should be exposed to this fact. Oh, and for the record, Pepsi is way better than Coke, hadn't you heard?