The Audacity of War...

War is unpopular. Vengeance, however, is not. Interestingly, vengeance only lasts as long as you are actually mad at somebody. We first, seemingly, went to war in Afghanistan and Iraq out of vengeance. We need to get those who hurt us. But the irony is that the cost of all of that is hurting us more.

Think of it almost like a domestically-sponsored terrorism inflicted by foreign militants. This war has burdened us with a substantial human and monetary price tag that has additionally helped lubricate the fall of many sectors of our own society. And now, news from Mr. Obama suggests that this price tag will only go up. I wonder how much more the costs will rise.

In my humble opinion, we've done this enough. The lives of thousands of Americans and "coalition forces" members, and billions of dollars suddenly don't seem worthy of the cost for the capture of a few men. (Recall, the objective of the Bush-era was focused on Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein). Now the objective is on the Taliban. An organization that seems as complicated to put together as a 5000 piece puzzle of a cloudless sky. I don't know what this will accomplish, more than confusion.

It seems that (under Bush) vengeance, then confusion led to a common sense "cut-and-run" outcry from the public with the election of Mr. Obama. But now, we're drifting towards confusion again. I understand that keeping the Taliban under-wraps is best for America, but how long are we to go on keeping them under wraps? The conflict with the Middle East will perpetuate for some time, it seems. And now, I simply don't understand why...