[The Good Reverend Roger]

Originally Posted by KevinTheOmnivore

There will always be a Taliban, there will always be a Bin Laden. We will be dealing with violent, anti-western Islamic extremism long after these two things expire, unless we do something about it.

We had a chance to do something about it, with the world's blessings.

So naturally, we screwed it up. Instead of making an example out of Afghanistan, we let ourselves get distracted.