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SPC Kevin Ford
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I agree that a lot of horrible stuff will happen when we leave. Unfortunately we are sitting there with our finger stuck in a leaking dike and I don't see a positive outcome there. I don't see any way to fix the hole. So we either sit there forever with our finger in the hole or decide there are better ways to invest our blood and treasure.

Similarly could we have stayed in South Vietnam perpetually and kept the North Vietnamese at bay? Yeah, probably. In hindsight would it have been a good idea? Probably not.
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
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The Taliban is biding time until the US leaves. It doesn't matter how long we stay - they are going to regain control. UNLESS the Afghan people fight back and make them realize they aren't wanted. We can't stay there forever.

I'm sorry for what those people have gone through but we don't need to be in the middle of civil wars in other countries.
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