Just wanted to ask the forum to see what you guys think.
I've been here for almost a year and I'm still trying to comprehend why we are still here. What is our purpose here? I see no progress whatsoever. The Afghan Government is still, if not more, corrupt as ever (kinda reminds me of ours). It is only functioning because we are here, and what do you think will happen once we leave? I'm not seeing results of where all the money we are pumping into this country is going. The Afghan people hate us, they will turn on us on a dime. I call our Afghan counterparts, the sleeper Insurgents. The only progress I see is the stuff we build for them after we have first bombed the hell out of it. If the youth start adopting our Western ways, it is a death sentence for them once we leave.
So what do you guys think our goal, objective or purpose is to still remain here year after year?
We don't know how to get out of here, yet we are already thinking of going into Syria and Iran? What is wrong with us?
Don't get me wrong, I'll go where they tell me to go, but atleast give me some direction as to what we are meant or trying to accomplish.
"In our Country...one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out." Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
I've been here for almost a year and I'm still trying to comprehend why we are still here. What is our purpose here? I see no progress whatsoever. The Afghan Government is still, if not more, corrupt as ever (kinda reminds me of ours). It is only functioning because we are here, and what do you think will happen once we leave? I'm not seeing results of where all the money we are pumping into this country is going. The Afghan people hate us, they will turn on us on a dime. I call our Afghan counterparts, the sleeper Insurgents. The only progress I see is the stuff we build for them after we have first bombed the hell out of it. If the youth start adopting our Western ways, it is a death sentence for them once we leave.
So what do you guys think our goal, objective or purpose is to still remain here year after year?
We don't know how to get out of here, yet we are already thinking of going into Syria and Iran? What is wrong with us?
Don't get me wrong, I'll go where they tell me to go, but atleast give me some direction as to what we are meant or trying to accomplish.
"In our Country...one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out." Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
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[COLOR="DarkRed"][B][SIZE="2"]Thomas Edison State College - DONE[/SIZE]
[SIZE="2"]BA in History[/SIZE]-[SIZE="1"]2011[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]
[SIZE="2"]Texas A&M University Central Texas[/SIZE]
Master of Arts in History - 18/36 SH
CLEPs Passed
[SIZE="1"][SIZE="1"]Spanish, Freshman Comp, English Comp w/ Essay, Social Science & Hist, Info Sys & Comp App, Intro Sociology, Prin of Mngmt, American Gov , US History I, US History II, Western Civ I, Western Civ II[/SIZE][/SIZE]
DSSTs Passed
[SIZE="1"][SIZE="1"]Civil War & Reconstruction, Rise & Fall of Soviet Union, History of Vietnam War, Intro Modern Middle East, Western Europe Since 1945, Drug and Alcohol, Here's to Your Hlth, Intro To Comp, Prin of Sup, Technical Writing, Prin of Physical Science I[/SIZE][/SIZE]
Quote: There are no stupid questions, only stupid people. "Mr. Garrison"[/SIZE]
[SIZE="2"]AAS-[SIZE="1"]2009[/SIZE], BSLS-[SIZE="1"]2010[/SIZE] [/SIZE]
[COLOR="DarkRed"][B][SIZE="2"]Thomas Edison State College - DONE[/SIZE]
[SIZE="2"]BA in History[/SIZE]-[SIZE="1"]2011[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]
[SIZE="2"]Texas A&M University Central Texas[/SIZE]
Master of Arts in History - 18/36 SH
CLEPs Passed
[SIZE="1"][SIZE="1"]Spanish, Freshman Comp, English Comp w/ Essay, Social Science & Hist, Info Sys & Comp App, Intro Sociology, Prin of Mngmt, American Gov , US History I, US History II, Western Civ I, Western Civ II[/SIZE][/SIZE]
DSSTs Passed
[SIZE="1"][SIZE="1"]Civil War & Reconstruction, Rise & Fall of Soviet Union, History of Vietnam War, Intro Modern Middle East, Western Europe Since 1945, Drug and Alcohol, Here's to Your Hlth, Intro To Comp, Prin of Sup, Technical Writing, Prin of Physical Science I[/SIZE][/SIZE]
Quote: There are no stupid questions, only stupid people. "Mr. Garrison"[/SIZE]
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