Eight years ago we sent our troops, believed to be the finest fighting force in the world, into Afghanistan to capture, or kill, Osama bin Laden. We invaded a sovereign country looking to justify the murder of nearly 3,000 innocent civilians by a ragtag group of jihadists hellbent on forcing American military forces off Saudi Arabian soil. Determining later that al-Qaida was in Iraq we once again invaded another sovereign country starting yet another war, dismantling an entire culture while at the same time creating millions of refuges fleeing the carnage, a diaspora that eventually found their way to neighboring Arab countries as well as Europe and North America, consequently spreading their ill will toward, what they perceived as American imperialism, around the world.
It now appears, posthumously, that perhaps Pakistan should have been the haven in which we should have infiltrated in order to smoke out the enemy; not with an army but rather a well thought out team of special forces so as not to punish the innocent bystanders along with the jihadists.
I suppose Iran will be our next target as we circumvent the entire Arabian Peninsula looking for Osama, whom no doubt has now transformed into an army of Osama’s marching in lockstep.
Should we now expect President Barack Obama to clean up this quagmire with an additional 40,000 troops? Or should we give him the time needed to form a panel of intelligentsia, minus the generals, to see our way out of this mess.
Donnie Flecker
Anderson
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Letter: Will Iran be the next target of U.S.?
Eight years ago we sent our troops to capture or kill Osama bin Laden
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Letter: Money for park land could improve trails
As a walker at Aqua Gardens (Shadyside Park) I have come to notice some of the good things.
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Letter: Tattoo popularity is alarming
It seems that tattoos are becoming more common in society.
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Letter: Why can’t Greek Orthodox church re-build?
Why can Muslims build a mosque in New York, but Christians can’t build a church? The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission voted 9-0 on Aug. 3 against granting historic protection to the building near Ground Zero that will now become “a Muslim center and a mosque,” according to the New York Times
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Viewpoint: Obama does not deserve to be attacked
For the record, President Obama did not “cancel” the National Day of Prayer. He issued a Proclamation for the National Day of Prayer, just as every president has done since President Harry Truman.
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Letter: Canine training camp was success, too
The veterinarians and staff of Devonshire Veterinary Clinic would like to thank the members of the Anderson Training and Obedience Club, Madison County 4-H Club and the Madison County 4-H Dog Obedience Club for making our first canine training camp a success.
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Letter: In-school suspension not the solution
If teachers would spend as much time teaching as they would sending kids to in-school suspension for a small logo on a shirt, our kids might rank higher on tests, etc.
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Letter: More vacant buildings need razed
In the Sunday, Aug. 29, The Herald-Bulletin, the editorial staff opined that the former Emge buildings and stockyards should be razed.
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Letter: School board should support new district
Anderson Community Schools board member Jean Chaille says she’s disappointed that the previous school board didn’t address funding shortfalls sooner.
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Letter: Many involved in Colts camp success
I would personally like to extend a huge thank-you to everyone in our Anderson “family,” without whom training camp would not have been such an amazing success.
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Letter: Embrace the best of all three schools
The suggestion to get rid of the mascot and name of Anderson High School and start over, using not the Pirates, Scots or Indians is plain wrong.
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