Comments by "" (@tekannon7803) on "Rep. Adam Kinzinger Full Interview: Afghanistan Exit 'A Crushing Defeat'" video.

  1. We have to realize that the Afghanistan people are willing and ready and able to take over governing their country. America and her allies have lost blood and treasure trying to make Afghanistan a safer place and they have succeeded in doing that, but you don't make helping someone get on their feet a permanent occupation of their country. There are no victorious chants but only bloodied battlegrounds left behind, because there were no armies to fight but rather hiddne fighters and guerilla warfare which everyone knows can never have winners or losers but only civilians paying the ultimate price in the long run. It was the civilians who have paid the price for peace in their country. Too many innocent people lost their lives to friendly fire, suicide bombing and other atrocities. But no one should underestimate the Afghanistan people's ability to have the will to run their own country. They have their line in the sand, and those who step over it will pay the ultimate price. But it's the Afghanistan people who must draw their own line in the sand, not foreign forces. We also have to realize that battles will be lost until they have found their feet. With foreign soldiers in one's land for two decades just for the Americans and their allies, the Afghanistan people will surely make mistakes, have falling outs with their government and have military reverses. One only has to look at the American Civil War and how long it has taken for the USA to recover from a war that happened over a century ago. Let's leave governing Afghanistan to the Afghanistan people and the smart money says they're going to do just fine.
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