Is the Afghan war worth fighting?
Thank you, George Will. Those are words I never thought I’d write. But times change, we adjust, and we move on. So I thank George Will for not writing another screed against wearing blue jeans and for instead weighing in on the need to withdraw our forces from Afghanistan and Iraq. The question isn’t whether he’s right or wrong — or whether, since he’s a conservative stalwart, Will can call for a war to end and not simultaneously be labeled an American-hater who advocates cutting and running. That leads to the obvious question: How many years do you have to spend in a country before the cut-and-run concept no longer applies? The real issue, though, is that now, finally, we might actually get a genuine debate on Afghanistan. It’s shocking that we’ve never had a real debate — or, for that matter, much of a discussion — on the most recent iteration of the long, long war there. It’s the war most people don’t quite remember is taking place — unless you know someone risking his/her life ther
