Do you think another reason for our presence in Afghanistan

[Winterblues]

is to have a military force in very near proximity to Pakistan? Pakistan that is a nuclear power with a shaky government? If those nukes were to become threatened and close to falling into extremist's hands we may need to act in a hurry to secure them..just saying.....

[tekisui]

1. Yes.

[timeforpeace]

2. Of course. It was the real reason for Iraq as well. A permanent presence ala S Korea.

[EFerrari]

3. Not only extremists' hands but the hands of a government "unfriendly"

to US interests. Yes.

[tsuki]

4. And the gas pipeline. nt

[sandnsea]

5. Since Obama, Hillary, Biden, Kerry,

and others have said that very thing, yes Pakistan and nukes and their selling nukes all over the world appears to play a huge role in the Afghanistan equation.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. We're in both Iraq and Afghanistan to expand the empire for US interests. That includes the nukes

and the oil.

[classysassy]

7. When will we ever learn

peace and justice around the world will make for a safer planet,its true the warmongers will have to scale back their lifestyles,but the rest of us will be so much safer.

[MerryBlooms]

8. Yes

I honestly think we'll never ever be totally out of the region, no matter what the circumstances are. Once we land somewhere, we don't ever seem to leave. We always seem to find some reason to stay ...