Quote Originally Posted by Bob's World View Post
I don't particularly like having the genesis of this thread attributed to me...
Heh. Stuff like that happens when and where ever well intentioned persons meddle when there was no real cause to do so...
This was never about Afghanistan. It was never about Iraq. Even AQ is as much a symptom as a problem. It is time to stop agonizing over specific places or organizations or individuals and begin thinking about who we are and how we best define and secure our interests in the changing world emerging around us.
All true but agonizing over spilt milk apparently makes one feel good. It also seems to focus one on the symptoms rather than the causes...
Debates over who "won" or who "lost"; or excessive hand-wringing over a particular place such as Afghanistan where we happened to act out on these fears is not that helpful.
Even more true -- in fact, it's instead harmful and a distraction from what's important.