06-11-2014, 01:38 PM
Oh, Mo, fo sho -- I'm the wrong person to ask as to what's going to happen when the US pulls out of Afghanistan.
I'd love to be able to tell you with any degree of confidence what exactly we were doing there in the first place and why we're still there. I know the reasons cited by both administrations, pundits, and internet commenters -- but I find it all rather murky from a logic standpoint. My limitation.
Yeah, releasing the Taliban to Qatar for monitored movement, after 12 years in Gitmo, has gotta be almost as good for them (maybe even better) as being released freely to their homeland. Very wealthy beautiful little country Qatar is said to be. I don't oppose their release, however. Holding prisoners indefinitely without filing charges and without due process rubs me the wrong way.
Anyway, pulling outta Afghanistan is the right thing to do, IMO -- it won't directly affect me personally in the short term regardless. Mostly there are independent little restaurants and cafes in my neck of the woods, rather than chains. I don't eat at Applebees or Burger King (though an occasional Jack In the Box taco is my right, damn it!). And, I don't like to shop -- though I did splurge for a new bottle of garlic-infused olive oil in Gilroy last night. I shall undoubtedly think fondly of you when I lightly rub it on a nice piece of beef.
I'd love to be able to tell you with any degree of confidence what exactly we were doing there in the first place and why we're still there. I know the reasons cited by both administrations, pundits, and internet commenters -- but I find it all rather murky from a logic standpoint. My limitation.
Yeah, releasing the Taliban to Qatar for monitored movement, after 12 years in Gitmo, has gotta be almost as good for them (maybe even better) as being released freely to their homeland. Very wealthy beautiful little country Qatar is said to be. I don't oppose their release, however. Holding prisoners indefinitely without filing charges and without due process rubs me the wrong way.
Anyway, pulling outta Afghanistan is the right thing to do, IMO -- it won't directly affect me personally in the short term regardless. Mostly there are independent little restaurants and cafes in my neck of the woods, rather than chains. I don't eat at Applebees or Burger King (though an occasional Jack In the Box taco is my right, damn it!). And, I don't like to shop -- though I did splurge for a new bottle of garlic-infused olive oil in Gilroy last night. I shall undoubtedly think fondly of you when I lightly rub it on a nice piece of beef.