Shultz to Obama: 'You're out of your mind'

How can George Shultz imply that our armed forces may remain at war in Afghanistan for another 5, 10, 20 years? That's insane! We need to stop our permanent war machine. It's not doing us any good whatsoever and it's ridiculously expensive. We need to change the way relate to our enemies around the world. We need to knock the snot out of them as quickly and harshly as possible, and then withdraw and leave them rotting in a pile of smoking rubble. Whether all-out war takes 3 months or three years, we must fight war vigorously and get it over with. The hell with nation-building and peace-keeping! That's all BS designed to keep us permanently at war around the world. It's a losing strategy.

IF we are to leave in 2011, why should troops be in Afghanistan now ? Just what government is in Afghanistan, anyway ? Teaming up with Warlords might be a good idea as in Kandahar. Just what is our strategy ? Why is this action helping our internal security ? We are injuring our military with dangerous and often hidden wounds to the head. Could we be actually weakening ourselves strategically in pursuant of our goals ( ? ) in Afghanistan ?

An amateur in the WH.