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jack is back with "the cafferty file." jack? >> the question this hour, when it comes to afghanistan, what exactly is the point? frank writes, they say the point is to protect us from the terrorists. but the only reason they attack us is because we invaded their homelands. tim in texas writes, the point is to keep al qaeda boxed in rather than having free rein to have wide-ranging operations in afghanistan. actually, if we can get a power-sharing deal between karzai and the taliban, we might achieve limited success. success being defined as having limited al qaeda ability to design and implement large-scale terror attacks. that said, i fully support having a date to begin withdrawing our troops. colby writes, the point is that if we leave, there will be a power vacuum just like after be helped afghanistan repel the soviets. back then, we pulled out because