The Repercussions of Withdrawing from Afghanistan
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The Future and the USA
The Second World War ended in 1945 and after that the sad fact is that the USA has been at the receiving end of most wars it has fought. It all started with the Korean War which lasted 3 years and took the head of General MacArthur. But the result was a stalemate and after 3 years of fighting the USA had nothing to show. North Korea remained and the border remained at the 38th parallel.
Next was the Vietnam War. It ended in an ignoble retreat, something that US arms can never forget. 12 years of fighting ended in a whimper, for as it turned out the USA had backed the wrong horse. The Iraq war is touted as a victory. Is it? The situation there is more volatile than when Saddam ruled. Now the entire country is in the grip of anarchy with bombs and terror attacks a byword. What if an Islamic regime is ushered in? The fat will then be in the fire.
Now we come to Afghanistan. Here again the USA is in a bind and looking for a way to get out of this morass. But a withdrawal here will have far reaching effects. The Islamic militants supported by Pakistan will be emboldened and the next step will be an attack on the American home land. America can ill afford to lose this war as it will give Islamic militancy a filip and they will crow that they humbled the greatest power on earth.
What is the USA to do in Afghanistan? The choice is clear cut. Stay and fight or retreat and lose your status as the number one power in the world. The USA must formulate a new strategy and that will involve reining the epicenter of terror, Pakistan. India and Afghanistan have been shouting hoarse about this, but is the USA listening? Why not involve the Indian military to contain Islamic terror? Pakistan will object, but that is their ploy for decades and involves fooling the USA by hunting with the hound and running with the hare.
Its about time Obama weighed his options. The choices are hard, but he cannot throw in the towel. He will then be branded in history as the Gorbochev of the USA. A man who presided over the decline of the United States of America as a world power. Hope sanity will prevail
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Dear Brother, Your comments are appreciated, but what I have written should be understood in perspective.True the USA survived as a world power even after losing all those wars. But the end always has a beginning and the loss of those wars is a stepping stone to what I have written.
No world power continued to rule the world after a succession of defeats. Talking of nuclear power and economy you very well know that almost a third of the US economy is controlled by China. Nuclear war does not leave any victors and whatever the numerical superiority you cannot have an over kill.
Texasbeta 10 months ago
How curious. You explain at the onset that several wars the US has gotten its arse beaten, and from our recent past. Then you close by claiming that if we lose THIS war, then we lose our #1 spot in the world. Why would this war be any different than the others you claimed were lost? It doesn't,and won't. It is rhetoric. The placement of the US at the top of the heap is based upon GDP, buying power, and the fact that we have 5,000 nukes to every 1 that everyone else has.
This war means nothing, has absolutely no goals. You can't win a war with no goals. You claim that if we leave, then the Islamists will come here to attack us. Really? Did the ones who actually DID come and attack us, the ones from Saudi Arabia, come over here because they were emboldened by us leaving Afghanistan? Of course not. In fact, the entire premise you present is flawed. It spills of Islamophobia.