re: #394 Killgore Trout

Yes there seems to be much outrage wishing there was a brighter future for the people of Afghanistan. I know it seems incomprehensible but Obama probably wishes the same. Even that evil George Bush wishes it too. Oh, well. I wish the Afghan people a better future but you don’t have to.

It is possible to wish the people in Afghanistan a better future and want US troops out of there. It is possible to wish the people in Afghanistan a better future and recognize that no amount of imposing democracy on them was going to magically fix things and make it better without addressing the underlying issues that have allowed that culture to flourish - a commitment that probably would have required decades (if completable) and one we can’t even fucking finish at home.