Reply #24: Considering their own previous experience there? [View All]

[ShamelessHussy]

Yeah, I guess that would put a damper on their optimism.

If we stay for 8 more years, that would mean we would have been there from 2001 to 2017, at least. Yikes, that is a very sobering thought.

I can't think of anything else that so clearly illustrates our (and all other industrialized countries) desperate dependence on fossil fuels however a wish I could see their spreadsheets that justify the expenditure, or better where they think it would become cost prohibitive.


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Looks like their is some opinion out there that agrees with you in the sense that we will be there for years to come...

Long U.S. Intervention in Afghanistan Expected (VIDEO)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x352814
Source: http://TheGlobalReport.org