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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 4971537" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>We were spending $42 billion a year and the place was no more a Democracy than when we went in 20 years ago.  We were getting Americans and Afghanis killed to fatten the bank accounts of defense contractors(who turned around and contributed to Congressmen and Presidents to keep the war going.  Our tax dollars at work).  And the country in the region we contribute to the most, Pakistan, was sending in fighters from their tribal regions to kill Americans and Afghanis because Pakistan wants to dominate Afghanistan and make sure its Pashtun majority has the power.  We were never going to install a freedom loving government and build a nation in our own image.  At some point if there isn't the political will to eliminate the Taliban we have to cut our losses and leave.</p></blockquote><p></p>