Afghanistan War Is Over! Or Nearly So--

I don't know why anyone would think Afghanistan is ever going to go back to being a harmless
wilderness.
Why Americans believe we can leave Afghanistan completely because the conflict there is a terrible
war and an uncomfortable place is beyond me. It became a 'staging ground' for those who hated
the west after its war with Russia left it in more ruin than it had before that long war. Do we recall?
The next group allowed to fester there until attacks against the U.S. are completed may not be able
to be defeated in such a way that we don't become Afghanistan before all is said and done.
President Obama gets a briefing every day on what America has to do to be safe from violence on
our shores which might originate in Afghanistan.
What part of being safe from Far East threat do Americans not understand?
Our President has no reason in the world to want troops in Afghanistan. A lot has to be done 24/7 to
keep America safe in this post Al Queda world.
Those are the facts. We'd better begin to understand how to absorb them.
We don't start these wars; but we have to end them in the best way possible to ensure they are not left
as embers about to start smoldering into another hot zone.
We have to be glad boots on the ground are now going to begin to fade away in this war, and the
previously frequent, repeated, deployments won't be necessary going forward.
Instead of the far right claiming this is not enough of a victory, today it's the far left's claim.
I know POTUS must wonder if we ever 'understand the words coming out of his mouth'.
This is in fact a great victory for those Americans who think practically and responsibly about the fact that President Obama did not invent war. Neither did he invent Al Queda or its offshoots. And still,
he has to keep us safe even after we actually become safe. Gosh!