If someone attacks you there are limited options as to response. 1) You can beat the "crud" out of them and go home. 2) You can turn the other cheek. 3) You can try to make them your friend.
I think that Option 1) is a deterrent but likely won't make any lasting friends. Option 2) is what Jesus would have done -- but, He works on a much higher plane of existence than we do. Option 3) holds some possibility but probably will only work with an application of Option 1).
So, what are our options in Afghanistan? 1) Beat the "crud" out of them and go home. 2) Whimper and tell them we understand how we've mistreated them for all these years and how we deserved it. And by-the-way, if you feel that you need to attack us again, that's OK. 3) Seek a treaty of friendship and cooperation (which loosely translated means that we will give them money to keep them from attacking again while they continue to hate us).
I think Option 1) is appropriate. Option 2) is a sure path to destruction -- our own. Option 3) is a money pit that allows the problem to fester until it breaks out again.
We've tried a combination of Options 1) and 3). Perhaps it is time to revisit 1) and forget 3).
Clinton Heads to Afghanistan as Fears Mount Over War
I guess there's a reason that I wasn't considered for the Diplomatic Corp.
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