{"id":12899,"date":"2012-03-20T09:35:45","date_gmt":"2012-03-20T13:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=12899"},"modified":"2012-03-20T09:35:45","modified_gmt":"2012-03-20T13:35:45","slug":"sometimes-i-just-dont-like-hearing-the-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=12899","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes I Just Don’t Like Hearing The Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am ready to pull our troops out of Afghanistan. If the government doesn’t want us there, why should we stay? I suspect that right now most Americans would agree. But–there are inconvenient things called facts. Marc Thiessen points out a lot of very inconvenient consequences of leaving Afghanistan in a Washington Post<\/a>\u00a0article he posted yesterday.<\/p>\n

Mr. Thiessen points out five problems with leaving Afghanistan:<\/p>\n

1. We cannot conduct the drone war against Al Qaeda in Pakistan without bases in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

2. When American pressure on Al Qaeda in Pakistan is lessened, Al Qaeda can step up its efforts to destabilize Pakistan and gain control of the country’s nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n

3. Afghanistan will again become a sanctuary for Al Qaeda.<\/p>\n

4. Al Qaeda would claim a victory in Afghanistan and be encouraged to plan further terrorism attacks on America.<\/p>\n

5. Iran would be made stronger by our withdrawal.<\/p>\n

Please follow the link to the Washington Post to read the entire article. I still don’t like the idea of remaining in Afghanistan, but I don’t like the consequences of leaving either.<\/p>\n

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