Hi - this is Dr. Carl with today's candid conservative minute...

Afghan theater commander General David Petraeus believes it would be unwise to establish a time table for withdrawal from that foreign entanglement.  Having foolishly engaged in a ground war there, he is absolutely correct we should not add to our folly by giving the enemy a blueprint for victory.  Though we have faith in the competency of our troops, we will not win there.  We may or may not have the capacities to be the first to defeat the Afghan guerilla fighter, but we certainly do not have the capacity to defeat the Afghan culture of corruption.  First it is important to note America's demonstrated inability to resolve our own corruptions - examples would include illegal immigration and the drug culture.  If we can't fix us, we certainly won't be able to fix them.  It's also true that fixing others requires their active cooperation.  Though they have good people, corruption is systemic to the Afghan culture.  The Taliban may or may not defeat us on the battlefield.  Corruption will absolutely defeat us everywhere else in Afghanistan...

I'm Dr. Carl Mumpower and you've just spent a minute with a candid conservative...

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