Made the acquaintance today of Outofcentralasianow, who examined a recent bit of testimony by General Petraeus. The General said:
“The reality is that it’s hard, but we are [in Afghanistan] for a very, very important reason, we can’t forget that,” he added. “We’re in Afghanistan to ensure that it cannot once again be a sanctuary for the kinds of attacks that were carried out on 9/11.”
CentralAsia found this to be a rather remarkable (stupid, my word) comment on why we’re there. He wrote:
Is that a stupid statement? There’s no other land anywhere from which to plan another “9/11″ anywhere in the world? Wern’t the ringleaders based in Germany? Wern’t some in the U.S. training to become pilots?
Mohammed Atta, the leader of the 9/11 attackers, did his training right down the road from me here in South Florida. This ‘sanctuary’ line is bogus. If it was ever valid, it no longer is. And CentralAsia is exactly right. Denying them Afghanistan does not deny them a place to train.
You can have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, or democracy. But you cannot have both.
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Thanks for your comment, Moe, and for the post. I’m signing up for your blog now. In Peace, John
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