The ignorant dirtbag from RS displays his slavish adherence to the ATM culture with his piece’s title. A functioning mind would understand history, terrain and logistics, with other military principles, as they apply in Afghanistan and understand that the jihadis there will take longer than a mere 5 years to eradicate. A better mind would also understand that it is better we be doin’ “it” to them there than to leave them “free about the area”, which would likely result in them doin’ “it” to us here.

Then again, RS is a flagship magazine of the culture of ignorance. A friend’s son worked there about a year. He left because he found it to be a cultural and ethical cesspool. The thing I found interesting is that management treated staff in ways that would prompt Cesar Chavez to action…maybe under an Obama administration’s card check rules RS staffers could unionize!