Frist on Afghanistan: US Can't Win Militarily
by TChris
Doesn't this sound like "cut and run" and "appeasement"?
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) said Monday that the war against Taliban guerrillas in Afghanistan could never be won militarily, and he urged support for efforts to bring "people who call themselves Taliban" into the government.
If Frist thinks a war can't be won militarily, does that make him a Defeatican? If he wants to make peace with the Taliban -- the terrorists who, we're repeatedly told, are anxious to kill Americans -- does that mean he's "coddling terrorists"? Did Frist forget all the Republican talking points during his trip overseas?
The war against Taliban guerrillas was effective until the president diverted the military's attention to Iraq, a point Frist failed to acknowledge. Frist has noticed the "unlimited flow" of Afghans and foreigners "willing to pick up arms and integrate themselves with the Taliban" but doesn't seem to grasp the primary cause: the invasion and occupation of Iraq.
There's something to be said for "winning the hearts and minds" of those who might otherwise sympathize with the Taliban, but that process starts with the U.S. moving its military out of Iraq. Will Frist champion that cause when he returns home?
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