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'Relax, Brother': Exclusive Video Shows Taliban Attack That Killed 9 U.S. Soldiers at Afghan Post

Watching this video made me even more convinced that we need to end the Afghanistan War.

1. I can't even begin to imagine what our soldiers are going through over there, and if this is any indication, it sure as hell ain't good.

2. Where the hell are these Taliban fighters getting all the damn RPGs from? Are they handing them out like lollipops over there? I mean really. Almost everyone of them has one.

3. Notice what the Taliban fighter at the end of the video says about wanting all the foreigners out and the reporter says about the Taliban controlling the areas outside of Kabul. I hope people realize that as long as we have a sizable military presence there, we are always going to have people fighting against us, which in turn, destabilizes the country. This is pretty much why the corrupt Karzai government might as well be called the Govt of Kabul, not the Govt of Afghanistan.

On that note, I hope Obama isn't the next LBJ and he instead flips the script and decides to send no additional troops and starts bringing the ones we have there home. It will surely be an unpopular move in our hawkish country, and he will be chastised endlessly by Republicans trying to score political points, but it is the right thing to do long-term for America. He might lose the 2012 election, but at least history will show he made the right decision.

The reality is that there is no military solution to Afghanistan. The people there need to determine their own future and establish their own government. We should support those among them who are pro-democracy, and give them all the consultation they need on matters regarding infrastructure, elections, governance, etc. However, all the bullets and UAV strikes in the world aren't going to bring democracy to that country or establish a government that is acceptable to the U.S. (at not at onset).

Maybe when one person who is arguing for the continuation of this war can articulate what "winning" means there, and gives me a realistic means of doing so, I will change my mind.

Until then, END THE WAR.