GOING TOGOING TO ZERO TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN ZERO TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN

[Draggingtree]

Patterico

4/15/2021

Going to Zero Troops in Afghanistan

Filed under: General — Patterico @ 8:29 am

I don’t have a firm opinion about this, but wanted to throw it open for discussion with a couple of observations:

1. We have gone over fifteen months without a combat death in Afghanistan.
2. The idea of a perpetual troop presence offends many Americans, but we station troops on a long-term basis in a lot of places.
3. We have prevented the re-emergence of a terrorist safe haven of the type that existed before September 11, 2001. I would not like to see that situation recur.

Your thoughts?       

[Valin]

@Draggingtree

3 questions

1. What do You Want?

2. How do You Get It?

3. Then What Happens?