So let me get this straight. Our government just arrested a bunch of Christian militia members who were plotting to kill police and start a war against the government. The Mumbai terrorist attacks were planned in Chicago. Domestic terrorists have bombed Oklahoma city and shot military personal at Fort Hood. The newest political party in this country (the Tea Party) is planning a gun rally near Washington DC on the anniversary of the Oklahoma city bombing. 911 was planned in Spain (another democracy).
Obama says Afghanistan is a war of necessity. We are there killing people and spending hundreds of billions of dollars that could provide desperately needed education, health care, and jobs here and there because why? The goal in Afghanistan and Iraq is democracy, right? Obama says he does not want it to be a place where extremists can plot terrorist attacks. We must "win the war" and bring Democracy so no terrorists can plot to kill Americans?
The logic is obviously lacking. We are a democracy - a pretty good, safe place, yet we have extremists plotting and carrying out terrorist attacks. Americans plot to kill other Americans. Militia training camps abound and are on the rise. So, Obama, if Afghanistan becomes a beacon of freedom and democracy in the middle east - a mini USA, what will prevent religious extremists from plotting terrorist attacks there as they do here?
So again I ask why are we bankrupting our country morally and financially to occupy foreign countries by force?
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