The US military's secret military - Opinion - Al Jazeera English

The US military's secret military - Opinion - Al Jazeera English

I found this article and the comments made to this article very interesting.
My opinion is the U.S needs to stop these pointless wars. The U.S is in Afghanistan to try and put an end to the Taliban  and turn Afghanistan into a Democratic State. I don't believe the Taliban will ever be defeated. I say this because we have gangs/mobs here in the U.S still in operation who still commit crimes. If we can't control/defeat the gangs and mobs here in the U.S what makes our gov believe we can truly help Afghanistan?

Also our government needs to stop trying to police the world, we economically are in no condition to save other countries. We have a lot of jobless here in the U.S, a lot of homeless and a lot of people in poverty. We even have a place known as Tent City. What does this say about our country? If we have these conditions still how can we eliminate those conditions in other countries? The truth is we can't.

Now I do think if a country asks for our help, then we should do our best to help that country. War solves nothing, if anything it makes situations worse.