War General
What's the general Australian/NZ perception on the war in Afghanistan?
As much as I respect the Australian and New Zealand armed forces for their contributions as American allies, do most people feel the need to pull out? What's the general perception on the war today?
Well informed people see the war as being unwinnable if it continues being fought the way it is at present. They think we should either stop pussy footing around and put in an all out effort or we should pull out altogether.
All that happens now with the patchy effort is that when things get too hot for the Taliban in one area, they simply move to another area or across the border into Pakistan where they regroup. The only way to stop that is to make it so hot throughout the entire country that they have nowhere to move to. If we don't, we're wasting our time and the lives of our soldiers.
We're also completely wasting our time if we don't cut off the Taliban's money supply by totally destroying the opium poppy crops. I saw footage the other day from an embedded reporter showing allied troops fighting in and around thriving poppy crops. It would be laughable if wasn't so tragically stupid and I couldn't care less if the poppy farmers starve!
From my own point of view, I really can't see any of the above happening, and believe we should pull out. Most of the world's terrorist problems are home grown or come from Pakistan anyway - fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan only makes them more determined and won't have the slightest effect on overall terrorism.
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I can't believe it! I wrote p u s s y footing and it was asterisked out! Methinks Yahoo's auto censor has a grubby mind!
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