US troops to stay in Afghanistan until 2024 under new deal

Back when I was barely pushing my 20s and we were attacked on 911, I subsequently bought into the idea that we had to engage the enemy over there and stop them from forming cells, getting organized and coming over here. In fact, that's a view I've held until recently. But the more I study asymmetrical forces, and the more I realize that Islamic terrorists are governed by a different set of principles than even our bravest men and women, I have pulled a complete 180. The odds are totally stacked against anything that would stand as a significant "victory" in Iraq, Afghanistan, or even our on-again, off-again allies/enemies in Pakistan. And let's not even get into countries like Iran or the various organizations like Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood. It's an organized effort, the USA, vs. patches of various extremists all across the vast expanse of the Middle East and beyond who want everything from the annihilation of imperialism and the extinction of the Jews to true and total Sharia rule and a cultural cleansing of anyone, including fellow Muslims, who don't follow the faith per one sect's demands. For the love of all things holy, it's time to get out of those places. I was always a believer that we had no choice but to take the fight to them. But bravery and honor doesn't mean you walk through the dark by yourself, punching at random enemies. Sure, you may hit a few. But what's that worth? There are other nations in closer proximity to that region and who have more, for lack of a better and truer term, moral authority dealing with specific Muslim relations, as our name is mud amongst, I would assume, the majority. America's finest will die for their country. I solute them for that. Their "finest" will blow themselves to hell and back again tenfold just to take out one of ours. It's their territory. It's their culture. And while I'm not on the isolationist train, I do recognize that over ten years after 911, if we haven't got the other Muslims on board, that silent majority, then it's never going to happen. And although I might be branded this or that for holding this opinion, I have to assume that a large chunk of those silent are against us rather than with us. It's a fight we can't win abroad. But it is a battle we can control by holding down the fort.

But the war on terror is over? Haven't you heard?

I am all for taking care of the good old USA and only the USA now. We fed China. We bought all their crap, the multitudes of inferior products, toys for our children that contained harmful lead, etc. It's time to shut down the borders, keep our troops at home and secure our safety. Too many lunatics in the world, and lots of crooked politicians.

We need to stop policing the World if our Military was positioned like that of other Countries we wouldn't have to worry about terrorist getting into the United States because the Military could do it's Constitutional jump which is oh guess what defend this countries borders. I have lost faith in Obama within his first few days of him taking office when he didn't say okay we are ending the wars now. He didn't do it and that is when I knew he would be the same sort of politician that he said he wasn't going to be. He was a liar and he took me and others for a ride. Some have woken up to this little fact others though are still asleep. I try to wake them up but many of them are so stuck in their ideological grid lock that they won't wake up to see it. I bet they would even deny that they where ever against the Patriot Act. Obama is a liar and well I won't be voting for him this year.

This is no surprise the US military never has gotten out of any country we fought. Just look at the history of the war we have fought and tell me what country we no longer occuply.