Quote Originally Posted by MikeF View Post
In the end, we're testing how much we can help others. IMO, one can only help someone that asks or wants to be helped. Additionally, we have to really question whether or not we are qualified to help. Is our solution "better" than the status quo?
That hasn't been my impression at all. Perhaps I let my cynical guard down in pondering this, but I have assumed (perhaps naively) that there is a larger purpose in Afghanistan beyond "helping others." We're not trying to set up a central gov't because we think it is better for the people. We're trying to do it because some decision maker(s) in our gov't think that this advances our interests.