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Holbrooke's last words

Holbrooke's last words were reported to be "Stop this war", meaning Afghanistan. Easily said and difficult to achieve.


Do we stop the war by winning it? That would be the preferred choice since we have lives and assets invested, as well as the original reason for the war, which was to stop the terrorists from organizing and training would be terrorists from attacking the US and US interests. Should we keep going until the war is won, meaning the threat is eliminated?


Or should we stop the war by quitting, leaving the terrorists in place? Holbrooke was involved in the Viet Nam era under the Democratic government. Surely, he didn't mean to give up as we did in Viet Nam, leaving the country to the communists and having thousands of friendly South Viet Namese at the mercy of those communists and the atrocities that followed? Surely not the human rights activist who was so concerned about fair play and liberty and freedom.


No, he must have meant win this war, not stop the war on his death bed. Surely he remembered the mistakes in Viet Nam.

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