I know there are buzzword answers like "muh terrorist safe haven" or "the Taliban man is bad" but what makes Afghanistan different than Yemen or Libya or Tunisia? Why keep soldiers in a pointless war when a seemingly much more important war is happening in Iraq and Syria?
Why is the US still in Afghanistan?
Ryder Jenkins
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Elijah Gonzalez
leave us alone!
Evan Turner
pretty much this if you guys didn't fuck around in other peoples countries, there wouldn't be a war in syria in the first place
Parker Edwards
If the US pulls out, the Taliban will destroy the Opium plantations like they did in 2000.
Henry Cooper
Nice Proxy
Liam Baker
I'm sorry, if you wanted to be left alone you shouldn't have founded your country right in the middle of our oil pipeline routing.
Jace Davis
That's like asking "Why is Canada still in North America?"
Xavier Rodriguez
It's not, faggot
Sorry
Michael Carter
> but what makes Afghanistan different than Yemen or Libya or Tunisia?
Sunk cost. We already invested a lot in Afghanistan and if the Taliban takes over it's a waste of money.
Sebastian Gomez
>Why is the US still in Afghanistan
To prevent a natgas and oil pipeline from iran to china. Simple, honest answer.