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Afghanistan - a fool's errand?
Posted by: dono ()
Date: November 15, 2009 12:12PM

I think this article by Rich distills the problem with our war quite well http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/opinion/15rich.html?_r=1

summary= if there are only 100 Al Queda and infinite Taliban in Afghanistan and they have and always will hate Americans what is being there or sending more troops there accomplishing?

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Re: Afghanistan - a fool's errand?
Posted by: Dane Bramage ()
Date: November 15, 2009 12:54PM

dono Wrote:
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> what is being there or
> sending more troops there accomplishing?


It gets more troops killed.

The Change we need.

From Iraq to Afghanistan

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Re: Afghanistan - a fool's errand?
Posted by: Gravis ()
Date: November 15, 2009 01:06PM

nuke from orbit?


"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."095042938540

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Re: Afghanistan - a fool's errand?
Posted by: dono ()
Date: November 15, 2009 02:38PM

cant nuke em we need the heroin

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Re: Afghanistan - a fool's errand?
Posted by: Gravis ()
Date: November 15, 2009 03:26PM

dono Wrote:
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> cant nuke em we need the heroin


har har.


"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."095042938540

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Re: Afghanistan - a fool's errand?
Posted by: ThePackLeader ()
Date: November 15, 2009 08:35PM

Oh wow, to think that I expected such legitimate and glorious insight from the almighty New York Times.

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Re: Afghanistan - a fool's errand?
Posted by: Vince(1) ()
Date: November 15, 2009 10:37PM

ThePackLeader Wrote:
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> Oh wow, to think that I expected such legitimate
> and glorious insight from the almighty New York
> Times.


Afraid of people smarter then you?

Registered Voter...a Big talking coward..big man on FFXU...little man in life.

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Re: Afghanistan - a fool's errand?
Posted by: ThePackLeader ()
Date: November 16, 2009 12:03AM

Vince(1) Wrote:
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> ThePackLeader Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Oh wow, to think that I expected such
> legitimate
> > and glorious insight from the almighty New York
> > Times.
>
>
> Afraid of people smarter then you?


I'm most certainly not afraid of you, so using your own line of thought, maybe you can figure out where you are on the totem pole.

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