Hannah Bell
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Wed Oct-07-09 04:55 AM
Response to Reply #17 |
| 18. tell it to the marines. |
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Edited on Wed Oct-07-09 04:58 AM by Hannah Bell
 high school girls, 1967  co-education, 60s  teachers' lounge  the dance |
| -Did you know that before the CIA destabilized Afghanistan, tourism was growing and educating girls |
ConsAreLiars |
Oct-06-09 11:46 PM |
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I must assume you are talking about Afghanistan under the Soviets? |
Ozymanithrax |
Oct-07-09 12:19 AM |
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In retrospect: Wouldn't they have been better off under the Soviet-backed regime? |
JackRiddler |
Oct-07-09 12:36 AM |
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No, before the US intervention and the following dumbass Soviet invasion (nt) |
ConsAreLiars |
Oct-07-09 12:49 AM |
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Would be good if you filled us in on what/when you are talking about |
jbnow |
Oct-07-09 02:39 AM |
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Here's Brzezinski's summary of that CIA action. |
ConsAreLiars |
Oct-07-09 02:59 AM |
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And Bin Laden with the help of the Taliban lured stupid Americans into the same damn thing |
depakid |
Oct-07-09 03:43 AM |
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"the taliban" = "the mujahideen," = us allies v. ussr. |
Hannah Bell |
Oct-07-09 05:07 AM |
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Afghanistan had a rather peaceful and quiet reputation, until certain US foreign policy theorists |
struggle4progress |
Oct-07-09 01:08 AM |
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I saw a good interview with a reporter, Lawrence Wright Iirc, |
EFerrari |
Oct-08-09 12:14 AM |
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Here's a bit more about Afghanistan before the CIA imported and armed the crazies - A pic of JFK |
ConsAreLiars |
Oct-07-09 02:28 AM |
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"Afghanistan - Haven of Peace and Tranquility" were the words on the Ariana Airlines promotional |
ConsAreLiars |
Oct-07-09 12:47 AM |
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Please consider reading Frank Holt's INTO THE LAND OF BONES. |
saltpoint |
Oct-07-09 12:50 AM |
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Oct-07-09 01:45 AM |
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It's a thread that deserves an unrecommend. |
TexasObserver |
Oct-07-09 03:59 AM |
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of course it's accurate. & it's of *great* utility to remember what the country was like before we |
Hannah Bell |
Oct-07-09 04:32 AM |
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Perhaps to those who have only learned of Afghanistan in the past year. |
TexasObserver |
Oct-07-09 04:41 AM |
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tell it to the marines. |
Hannah Bell |
Oct-07-09 04:55 AM |
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If you have a point, state it. |
TexasObserver |
Oct-07-09 04:59 AM |
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i already did, mr. "even assuming it's accurate." |
Hannah Bell |
Oct-07-09 05:04 AM |
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Get back to me when you're able to write cogently. |
TexasObserver |
Oct-07-09 05:08 AM |
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lol, mr. "those who just discovered afghanistan in the last year." |
Hannah Bell |
Oct-07-09 05:11 AM |
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I know that most of this information is very new to you. |
TexasObserver |
Oct-07-09 05:13 AM |
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"even assuming it's true" - lol. |
Hannah Bell |
Oct-07-09 05:23 AM |
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K&R |
leftstreet |
Oct-07-09 02:03 AM |
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K&R! n/t |
juno jones |
Oct-07-09 02:39 AM |
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yes, i knew that. i ran across pictures of afghan college students from the 60s |
Hannah Bell |
Oct-07-09 03:40 AM |
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the taliban was all about empowering the women of afghanistan? are you for real? |
1 |
Oct-07-09 05:13 AM |
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what are you on about? |
Hannah Bell |
Oct-07-09 05:26 AM |
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reality. not pretty pictures. do you want to see pretty pictures from america from the 1960s? |
1 |
Oct-07-09 05:35 AM |
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there *was* no "taliban" in 1967. women were attending university, with men, |
Hannah Bell |
Oct-07-09 05:40 AM |
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"the US *created* the taliban"? my god... |
1 |
Oct-07-09 05:56 AM |
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yeah, & they were running the country in the 60s, too. women never went to university, |
Hannah Bell |
Oct-07-09 06:10 AM |
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the US backed the mujahideen in afghanistan.. |
frylock |
Oct-07-09 01:14 PM |
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look into that. i think you'll find it's considerably more complicated. |
Hannah Bell |
Oct-07-09 02:15 PM |
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i've read several books on the topic.. |
frylock |
Oct-07-09 03:26 PM |
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then you would know that "the taliban" included former mujahideen in both its |
Hannah Bell |
Oct-07-09 03:46 PM |
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can you please provide a link to back up that assertion? |
frylock |
Oct-07-09 04:05 PM |
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i just provided you with one: the us gov't describing the history of one who |
Hannah Bell |
Oct-07-09 04:25 PM |
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Afghanistan Pre 1979...A Failed Experiment |
KharmaTrain |
Oct-07-09 05:26 AM |
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gee, we'll never know, will we? since the US armed the taliban, cough, |
Hannah Bell |
Oct-07-09 05:29 AM |
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Blown Opportunities |
KharmaTrain |
Oct-07-09 06:12 AM |
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"when we no longer had any interest in the area" = when was this? |
Hannah Bell |
Oct-07-09 06:29 AM |
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After The Soviets Bugged Out... |
KharmaTrain |
Oct-07-09 06:33 AM |
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the soviets kept supplying their proxies until 1991, & we kept supplying |
Hannah Bell |
Oct-07-09 06:43 AM |
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Well Then You're In A Minority... |
KharmaTrain |
Oct-07-09 06:55 AM |
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like being in a minority means anything. think about it, we were there |
Hannah Bell |
Oct-07-09 07:23 AM |
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Hmmm...We Fought Them Before The Soviets? |
KharmaTrain |
Oct-07-09 07:59 AM |
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"We Fought Them Before The Soviets?" I don't know what you're |
Hannah Bell |
Oct-07-09 01:12 PM |
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Operation Cyclone Was In The Mid 80s |
KharmaTrain |
Oct-07-09 02:55 PM |
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i know perfectly well when it was. my point was that charlie wilson wasn't |
Hannah Bell |
Oct-07-09 03:51 PM |
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excellent post. |
cali |
Oct-07-09 05:51 AM |
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"excellent post" - complexity my ass. that's boilerplate party line lifted direct from the nyt. |
Hannah Bell |
Oct-07-09 05:59 AM |
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my, my. aren't you the touchy one. |
cali |
Oct-07-09 11:56 AM |
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A Failure To Communicate... |
KharmaTrain |
Oct-07-09 06:19 AM |
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Well said. It's a tribal nation. |
TexasObserver |
Oct-07-09 06:26 AM |
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funny, all the countries we invade are backward "tribal" people, |
Hannah Bell |
Oct-07-09 06:33 AM |
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I've said we should leave there immediately about ten times this thread. |
TexasObserver |
Oct-07-09 06:41 AM |
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my post has nothing to do with your opinions on withdrawl. |
Hannah Bell |
Oct-07-09 06:44 AM |
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Your posts this thread are completely irrational. |
TexasObserver |
Oct-07-09 06:56 AM |
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funny, i feel the same about yours. |
Hannah Bell |
Oct-07-09 07:20 AM |
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A Thank You to Hannah Bell for the photos in Post#13. Take a look for yourselves. |
ConsAreLiars |
Oct-07-09 12:09 PM |
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more: afghanistan 1970-1975: images from an era of peace. |
Hannah Bell |
Oct-07-09 03:54 PM |
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same with Iraq before the US dug their filthy claws in. |
Whisp |
Oct-07-09 12:22 PM |
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K&R. Reminiscent of the liberal democracy the CIA overthrew in Iran. |
Vidar |
Oct-07-09 02:25 PM |
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Thanks, Here's a scholarly paper on the women's rights struggle before the US armed the fanatics. |
ConsAreLiars |
Oct-08-09 12:08 AM |
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As I've said before, this was probably true in Kabul and other cities |
Hippo_Tron |
Oct-08-09 12:17 AM |
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"Backward" does not translate into "intolerant religious crazy." The latter factor was |
ConsAreLiars |
Oct-08-09 01:17 AM |
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