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Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
47. He was a good man
Sun Feb 10, 2013, 03:57 PM
Feb 2013

whom I came to know quite well through the photo group. He was one of my biggest boosters and mentors when I was first learning photography skills. I imagine that it was something he posted in the I/P forum that ruffled some feathers and got him banned.

k and r--thank you for posting this niyad Feb 2013 #1
That is so sad to see what war does. libtodeath Feb 2013 #2
Yep, there's big money in the MIC, ask any defense contractor, it's all about $$$$$ and war RKP5637 Feb 2013 #32
A sad reminder of how civilization can collapse anywhere mainer Feb 2013 #3
Uhhh, greiner3 Feb 2013 #10
no, it was already stone age by the time we got there...... lastlib Feb 2013 #78
It wasn't the Russians and the US who put women in burkhas mainer Feb 2013 #83
Or when a CIA coup overthrows the government and establishes an extremist theocracy. Initech Feb 2013 #45
Hi Initech. truedelphi Feb 2013 #66
Yes, neoliberal foreign corporate extremists. RedCappedBandit Feb 2013 #59
like the USA, where the bi-partisan consensus is deep foundational support of a global empire Mutatis Mutandis Feb 2013 #74
More chilling than astonishing, and it's mountain grammy Feb 2013 #4
Let's not forget intervention from without.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #20
Oh yes, there's much more to Afghanistan than the Taliban mountain grammy Feb 2013 #34
And no doubt that the same is true here.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #43
First they'll come for the athiests, no wait, the gays, no wait, the mooslims, mountain grammy Feb 2013 #63
Anyone not white.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #85
Well said! And, sadly, we have those types trying to gain power in the US gov. at many levels. Way RKP5637 Feb 2013 #33
My in laws said if I voted for Obama, I wasn't a Christian mountain grammy Feb 2013 #41
Yep, "Idiocracy." n/t RKP5637 Feb 2013 #49
Shit, I went to a private religious school NYC Liberal Feb 2013 #53
You know what? You're right! I had lots of friends attending Catholic schools in the 60's mountain grammy Feb 2013 #55
My Catholic school was pretty progressive NYC Liberal Feb 2013 #60
Many years ago I had a good friend who was a Jesuit priest. Very progressive. mountain grammy Feb 2013 #64
There are quite a few progressive Catholics who want to change the church from within eridani Feb 2013 #70
Same with Iraq in the 60's. Baghdad was a cosmopolitan city considered the Paris of the Middle East. JaneyVee Feb 2013 #5
They had free higher education. We can't be having that go on. n/t L0oniX Feb 2013 #18
I think it was actually Beirut that was considered the "Paris of the Middle East" Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #89
We need our awareness raised duhneece Feb 2013 #6
This is what happens when people join the military. nt valerief Feb 2013 #7
Exactly, stay out of the military at all costs, do NOT enlist for this bullshit. WalMart pays more. xtraxritical Feb 2013 #19
Don't be silly. Occupy Wal-Mart. nt valerief Feb 2013 #35
I'm not recommending, just sayin'... xtraxritical Feb 2013 #82
Those mountains in the background, did they just rise snooper2 Feb 2013 #8
They're in the first one, too. polly7 Feb 2013 #9
Mostly blocked by the trees ThoughtCriminal Feb 2013 #11
Easier to get to all those yummy minerals now.... Junkdrawer Feb 2013 #12
Without all the buildings and people in the way kenny blankenship Feb 2013 #14
those rare earths dreampunk Feb 2013 #22
This message was self-deleted by its author dreampunk Feb 2013 #24
Yeah but, aren't they better off now.... JeffHead Feb 2013 #13
. Go Vols Feb 2013 #28
Wiping out the past...... Historic NY Feb 2013 #15
K&R SunSeeker Feb 2013 #16
K&R woo me with science Feb 2013 #17
Saddam, Shah of Iran, etc etc, all American stooges put in by the CIA dreampunk Feb 2013 #21
Their old way of seeing themselves - "Afghanistan: The Friendliest Country in the World" bhikkhu Feb 2013 #23
Wow. Women used to be allowed to dress like that in Afghanistan, Nye Bevan Feb 2013 #25
Indeed, my first though about that pic was about the women. nt msanthrope Feb 2013 #65
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, one of our prized 80s "freedom fighters" eridani Feb 2013 #71
Here are some pictures of Iran chicago guy Feb 2013 #26
Rick Steves - Iran Mnpaul Feb 2013 #77
Had the Taliban and Al Qaeda entered Afghanistan yet? JDPriestly Feb 2013 #27
due to the wars Enrique Feb 2013 #42
The Taliban rose to power after the Soviets left. Ashgrey77 Feb 2013 #51
I remember some Kick Ass Afghan hash in the 70s awake Feb 2013 #29
There's a whole lot of the "war on drugs" that mountain grammy Feb 2013 #37
Well said awake Feb 2013 #39
I dunno, Western Europe and Japan did pretty well under American protection. Flatulo Feb 2013 #80
The Marshall Plan was a progressive and effective effort mountain grammy Feb 2013 #81
The Marshall Plan worked so well that most Flatulo Feb 2013 #86
Yep, sad but true. mountain grammy Feb 2013 #88
Still smoking it! Webster Green Feb 2013 #56
Ya but does it have that indent of a official seal on the brick that the Afghani Hash used to have? awake Feb 2013 #58
Heh. Webster Green Feb 2013 #61
Yep, war bringing more peace to the world. More wars, more guns, yep, that'll fix it all. RKP5637 Feb 2013 #30
Dubya And The Neocons Quest For Oil Destroyed All cantbeserious Feb 2013 #31
I'm reminded of this tribute I created for Bush Oilwellian Feb 2013 #36
Powerful, and well done. polly7 Feb 2013 #40
Thank you polly Oilwellian Feb 2013 #50
Theocracy sucks. Christians take note upi402 Feb 2013 #38
The late ConsAreLiars had beautiful photos of Afghanistan from the '70s. Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #44
Aww ... that's very sad news. polly7 Feb 2013 #46
He was a good man Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #47
This message was self-deleted by its author polly7 Feb 2013 #48
I remember him. Bryn Feb 2013 #84
I've actually seen a few pictures of what it was like Warpy Feb 2013 #52
Amazing. And more sad than anything else. NYC Liberal Feb 2013 #54
If you've lived there and are of a certain age Iwillnevergiveup Feb 2013 #57
does anyone know the animal in picture 54? AnotherDreamWeaver Feb 2013 #62
Here's a video. UnrepentantLiberal Feb 2013 #67
That poor country:( polly7 Feb 2013 #69
this is just so sad. mamayo Feb 2013 #68
just a bit of history dhol82 Feb 2013 #72
And the pictures are Kodachromes. Liberal In Texas Feb 2013 #73
I suspect you could have seen something similar everywhere we've destroyed a country... Sancho Feb 2013 #75
My granddad in October 2001: Democracyinkind Feb 2013 #76
K& R n/t Dalai_1 Feb 2013 #79
Set up by Joseph Stalin himself happyslug Feb 2013 #87
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