China Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Afghanistan: America's longest war By Rick Hampson Three months after 9/11, every major Taliban city in Afghanistan had fallen — first Mazar-i-Sharif, then Kabul, finally Kandahar. Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar were on the run. It looked as if the war was over, and the Americans and their Afghan allies had won. Butch Ivie, then a school administrator in Winfield, Ala., remembers, "We thought we'd soon have it tied up in a neat little bag." But bin Laden and Omar eluded capture. The Taliban regrouped. Today, Kandahar again is up for grabs. And soon, Afghanistan will pass Vietnam as America's longest war. The Vietnam War's length can be measured in many ways. The formal beginning of U.S. involvement often is dated to Aug. 7, 1964, when Congress passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, giving the president a virtual carte blanche to wage war. By the time the last U.S. ground combat troops were withdrawn in March 1973, the war had lasted 103 months. U.S. forces attacked Afghanistan on Oct. 7, 2001. On June 7, the war will complete its 104th month. President Obama on Thursday reaffirmed his commitment to the war, saying "it is absolutely critical that we dismantle that network of extremists that are willing to attack us." Click on the link for the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluefood Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 How long are we gonna be in the middle east? FOR-EV-ER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatBuzz Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 How long are we gonna be in the middle east? FOR-EV-ER as long as cars need oil to run Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zguy28 Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 How long are we gonna be in the middle east? FOR-EV-ER Its one of the two classic blunders: Never get involved in a land war in Asia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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