IT'S THE END OF THE ROAD

SPECIAL POST

First off, let me suggest that leaving a paltry 10,000 troops in Afghanistan with the Taliban and Al Qaeda now on the march to gain total control of Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and probably Pakistan is a dumb move.  Yes, Mr. President, you've got the decimated, fractionalized impotent Al Qaeda and Taliban on the run all right... on the run to a complete victory.   And, yes they have been emboldened by your blind stupidity in the Taliban-Deserter swap.  That means that even as many as 10,000 of our troops left in Afghanistan are severely at risk.  You need to get them all out, and now is the time... unless you're willing to go back in there and finish the job that Bush started.  

That is a key question.  Obviously you think that trading one deserter for five Taliban terrorists is a fair trade.  Letting the lives of 4,500 dead American soldiers go down the drain may well be an acceptable price in your mind for us to pay in order for you to keep your precious Nobel Peace Prize.   

I've heard the argument: why don't we stay the hell out of there and let the Muslims and Shiites, Taliban and Al Qaeda fight each other to the death, then we won't have to worry about them anymore.  Frankly, if you will remember, that's kind of blaze' attitude we had leading into 9/11.  History teaches us that Hitler did not stop at Poland and Putin will not stop in the Ukraine.  Therefore, we must understand that Al Qaeda, I.S.I.S. and the Taliban will not stop with Pakistan, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, Turkey, Libya, Yemen, Qatar... Egypt or Israel, even if they decimate themselves in the process. 

Now, I'm not a war hawk.  I am of the opinion, however, that staying out of the Middle East will ultimately be more dangerous than going in and cleaning it up once and for all.  I don't understand how we can continually lose wars... Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan... and expect to remain safe in our own little cocoons here in the United States.  We're already allowing the illegal Mexicans to take over our country and we're not even firing a shot!  

What, Mr.President, do you intend to do if that missing 737 comes barreling in and nukes New York City?  Are you going to get a tee time at Pebble Beach? 

We're at serious risk.  Every single piece of national security put in place since 9/11 has been demolished.  The N.S.A. is so busy watching us, they'll never be able to catch a terrorist.  

It's the end of the road.  It's decision time.  It's do... or die, and putting a band-aid on it and pretending everything is going to be okay is tantamount to drawing another one of those ridiculous "red lines."   

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.