The Draft

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Originally posted by OnyxCougar
All that being said, I dont know if his unit is indicative of the trend as a whole, but if it is, the rats are fleeing the ship

I shared coffee with a man whose son was then a Captain in the 10th Mountain. His son was pissed, in part, because 10th Mountain did not after bin Laden, et al. He said that most every Captain would be joining him; leave at the end of their tour.

Just under one year later, we know he was correct. This government did not go after a 'smoking gun' enemy - bin Laden. Now that we did not deal with a real and justified war, about one-half of Afghanistan is no longer in friendly control. The Taliban is slowly gaining more assistance from the people who never got the major rebuilding promised by America.

Instead of first winnnig the real war, we abandoned victory to attack a mythical enemy. Eventually even the troops begin to see through the lie. Same as in Vietnam. It took almost a decade of lies before even US troops realized we were the enemy in Vietnam. "We have met the enemy and he is us".