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**ThekvandoVideo** · 07-09-2010, 02:42 AM

There were plenty of ways to get Al Qaeda out of Afghanistan without invading.

No there wasn't. But I'm interested in your ideas on that. The Taliban weren't going to kick out Al Qaeda, they needed them. Al Qaeda was propping up the regime with money and more fanatical footsoldiers than they had in their Taliban forces.

Now we didn't have to occupy and try to rebuild. We could have just made sure the Taliban never got strong enough to return to power. You can argue against the nationbuilding, but I don't know that there's any serious argument against the invasion.

07-09-2010, 02:42 AM	#18
ThekvandoVideo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 396 Senior Member	There were plenty of ways to get Al Qaeda out of Afghanistan without invading. No there wasn't. But I'm interested in your ideas on that. The Taliban weren't going to kick out Al Qaeda, they needed them. Al Qaeda was propping up the regime with money and more fanatical footsoldiers than they had in their Taliban forces. Now we didn't have to occupy and try to rebuild. We could have just made sure the Taliban never got strong enough to return to power. You can argue against the nationbuilding, but I don't know that there's any serious argument against the invasion.
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