Afghanistan- Is now the time to leave?

Ok Osama Bin Laden is dead- is it time for the U.S to claim victory and leave?
Obama can no longer say we are in Afghanistan hunting Osama and Al-queada- let's face it Al-Queada is no longer a factor in Afghanistan- there's no traiing of terrorist going on in that nation- so why are they still there? Some say because of Afghanistan's huge discovery of lithium, natural gas and other precious minerals.
If you say the Taliban- I say be reasonable- the Taliban at best numbers between 1000 and 5000 these are militants that at best are armed with RPG's and AK-47's these guys can't even man one single tank and yet the media and the U.S act as if this is a powerful army. Why can't we speed up the training of the ANA(Afghan National Army) arm them with tanks, helicopters and give them an adequate air force and be on our way. Haven't we been training these troops since 2002? The ANA should be well trained to defend their land. It's time to leave Afghanistan!

Yes

no..a year ago.

Yes

Yes and it is for a different reason.

I read some stories and then looked up the sex habits of Pashtun men.

No one should die for these Mother Fuckers. Just as bad as the Taliban in my opinion.

I wish we could help and save the women from slavery and harm though.

Pack it up

catnip... the shiny knight comes riding in.

catnip... the shiny knight comes riding in. Originally Posted by deacon

He's just expressing his thoughts, why the barb?

Yes, its time to get out, we got what we wanted. We are not the world's policeman and can't turn every country into a democracy - in many it won't just work.

We need to break the $$$ relationship with Pakistan - wonder how much of that money ends up in the Taliban's hands.

The Taliban will return to power, but unless they start to fuck with us, its not our concern.