Fox News is reporting that 31 U.S. troops were killed when an Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed in a area known for a strong Taliban presence.
"Should U.S. Troops continue to stay in Afghanistan?"
In this blogger's humble opinion,-no!
Not under these conditions,
- as Robert Spencer in his article, "Afghanistan: Mission Unaccomplished", writes:
["The Bush Administration sponsored the implementation in Afghanistan of a Constitution that enshrined Islamic law as the highest law of the land, such that no law could be made that contradicted it."
"The bitter fruit of that disastrously short-sighted decision began to appear early on: in 2006 the Karzai government put a convert from Islam to Christianity on trial for apostasy, a capital offense under Islamic law."
"When an aghast State Department protested, pointing out that Afghanistan’s shiny new Constitution guaranteed freedom of religion, Afghan officials patiently explained to them that it guaranteed freedom of religion within the bounds of Sharia."
"Within the bounds of Sharia"]-Spencer
In addition, there are "rules of engagement" issues.
Decisions are being made at the highest levels of both the government and the military contaminated by appeasement and political correctness.
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