Reddit reviews Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan

Here's the link to my book Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan https://www.amazon.com/Fools-Errand-Time-End-Afghanistan/dp/1548650218/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=&linkCode=ll1&tag=scotthortonshow-20&linkId=1630c1a847501052943a4cd611c978e5&language=en_US And here's a page full of blurbs from the guys https://foolserrand.us There's an audiobook version read by me there too.

>Going into Afghanistan was unarguably the right thing to do.


Ooh forgive me, but I'll have to bite back on this one. History did not start on September 11. We were not attacked because "they hate our freedom" or some other such nonsense (not that you said that). The main reason we were attacked by Al-Qaeda was because the U.S. had Army and Air Force bases stationed permanently at Saudi Arabian bases since the preparations of the first Iraq War in 1990 as well as bases in other countries on the Arabian peninsula. Other reasons we were attacked include our unconditional support of Israel and the U.S.'s support for corrupt dictatorships in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Yemen, and Egypt.


Furthermore, on 9/11/01 there were about a few hundred Al-Qaeda members. Three months later after we bombed the hell out of them, there weren't even enough left to fill a 17th century pirate ship. Did this warrant a full scale military invasion into all of Afghanistan? Especially since most of them went into hiding in Pakistan after Tora Bora? I think not.

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We've spent more money in Afghanistan since 2001 than we did to rebuild all of Europe after WWII through the Marshall Plan. And where are we now? As you said, and I agree with you, Afghanistan is still a failed state.


I highly recommend checking out Scott Horton's book on this: Fool's Errand


But realistically you probably won't buy that or have the time to read it so, if you can listen to Scott Horton discuss this topic on a podcast: Time to End the War in Afghanistan

Obligatory link to a fantastic book on just how absurd of a failure the war in Afghanistan is, was, and will perpetually be: Fool's Errand As one review accurately says,

> "You might get the impression that his book would be an extended emotional plea. It's not. It's seriously one of the most meticulously documented, carefully laid out works I've ever read. Some of the pages are literally half filled with footnotes. Scott's work will stand up to the most intense academic scrutiny."

https://www.amazon.com/Fools-Errand-Time-End-Afghanistan/dp/1548650218

It would be better to defend our country, not go instigate conflicts overseas.

https://www.amazon.com/Fools-Errand-Time-End-Afghanistan/dp/1548650218