They'll never have armies, navies, air forces, etc. They'll never pose the threat you imagine. There's no point living a life in fear the way you apparently are. The Soviet Union and communism were a hundred times the threat of radical Islam. Never forget it.

Is this supposed to be an endorsement of the war? This is the clearest statement yet as to why we need to leave, and leave now.

Nation-building in Afghanistan WILL FAIL. We have poured billions, maybe even trillions, of dollars into our own inner cities here in the United States, and they are not better because of it. Take a tour of Detroit sometime and tell me massive government expenditures and interventions will "cure" people from bad behavior and violence.

What we're trying in Afghanistan is nothing short of constructing a country from scratch. IT WILL NOT HAPPEN. To put it bluntly, the people who believe in this government endeavor are no different from the liberals who insanely believe poverty and education can be "fixed" by spending loads of money. They've had generations to try that approach, and they have failed miserably.

This is not the space program. We are not trying to overcome the force of gravity so we can get a rocket to leave the atmosphere; we are trying to radically alter the mindset of an entire group of people. It will not happen by spending this country into bankruptcy or by bleeding our sons and daughters dry. This is not a Left versus Right issue. At some point, folks on both sides must face the unequivocal truth that the government is simply not equipped to do everything they want it to do.

They'll never have armies, navies, air forces, etc. They'll never pose the threat you imagine. There's no pointing living a life in fear the way you apparently are. The Soviet Union and communism were a hundred times the threat of radical Islam.

Afghanistan, Iraq, all of'em need the taste of freedom, but more importantly, the freedom of Christian Missionaries, atheists, gays, anything… And our liberal left can't stand either thing, offering them freedom, but especially offering them the Word of Christ. How dare we! Yet they will keep coming, keep spreading their hate, siding with blinded Liberals, to TOLERATE them… yet in their own lands & ours, terrorizing us.

You're wrong. They will keep coming. Since 600A.D., they will keep coming.

Neil Armstrong speaking those words from the moon was a shot heard round the universe. The most profound engineering achievement in the entire history of mankind bar none.

Well, except for maybe nuclear fission.

This is the clearest statement yet as to why we need to leave, and leave now. Nation-building in Afghanistan WILL FAIL. We have poured billions, maybe even trillions, of dollars into our own inner cities here in the United States, and they are not better because of it. Take a tour of Detroit sometime and tell me massive government expenditures and interventions will "cure" people from bad behavior and violence.

What we're trying in Afghanistan is nothing short of constructing a country from scratch. IT WILL NOT HAPPEN. To put it bluntly, the people who believe in this government endeavor are no different from the liberals who insanely believe poverty and education can be "fixed" by spending loads of money. They've had generations to try that approach, and they have failed miserably.

This is not the space program. We are not trying to overcome the force of gravity so we can get a rocket to leave the atmosphere; we are trying to radically alter the mindset of an entire group of people. It will not happen by spending this country into bankruptcy or by bleeding our sons and daughters dry.

Thank you Michael for pointing out the Mumbai massacre was not an isolated event. US forces have terrorists on the run in Afghanistan and is it any wonder they flee to Pakistan? In order to export terrorism you have got to have a port and Afghanistan is too underdeveloped and land locked. Enter Pakistan. A nuclear nation next to nuclear India. Bollywood actors should pay more attention to Iran terrorist funding and less to wearing Bush bashing tee-shirts on red carpets.