badgenome said:
Possibly, but six years ago we hadn't been there a fucking decade with nothing to show for it. And six years ago, 70% of the population didn't think we should GTFO. Opinions can change over time, and it isn't necessarily hypocrisy. They've had a lot slower turnaround than all the prominent Democrats who were on the wagon for the Iraq War, only to immediately turn against as soon as it became politically unpopular. |
I'll grant much of that was mishandled by the democrats (pulling out of Iraq at various points would have been irresponsible, and they should have known that), but in this case you have the Republicans cheering for Condi telling us to bomb Iran and Syria on one hand, then cheering Clint for "get out of Afghanistan tomorrow!" on the other, so about a 1-day turnaround, when neither side is as simple as all that.
I was always in support of "staying until the job is done," (and just disagreed at the time with how the Bush administration was going about the job itself) and still feel that way about Afghanistan, although in Afghanistan's case it will merely be a matter of settling for Taliban participation in an elected Islamic government, possibly in exchange for a couple constitutional guarantees so that they can't dis-enroll all girls from school again. That would put them more or less in line with Iran and Pakistan, at least; dangerous countries, but not the wild west of Jihad.
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
