Dear President Obama, It's a clusterfuck and it's way past time to pack it in.

[cali]

Honestly, do you think that we can "win" in Afghanistan? I'm not sure what winning there means to you but for the sake of argument let's just say that it means that Afghanistan becomes a functional democracy where all, including women are provided basic civil rights and the country isn't dominated by the Taliban or harboring those who we deem as terrorists. Really, does it look like we're even the tiniest bit close to that after over a decade? No, of course not.

You sir, are an educated and intelligent man. You know the history of Afghanistan and the failure of other nation's to impose their will on this country. It just doesn't work.

So why are we still there? If it's for political reasons, well, that's beneath contempt.

It's time to leave Afghanistan to the Afghan people. It's time to stop dominating their country. It's time to stop engaging with the ever so corrupt regime in power there. It's time to stop killing civilians.

It's past time to leave.