RetroLounge
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun Aug-01-10 11:09 AM
Response to Original message |
| 35. unrec'd for the vast stupidity of believeing this poll |
|
Edited on Sun Aug-01-10 11:09 AM by RetroLounge
 RL
|
| -68% Afghanistans support US presence. |
BootinUp |
Aug-01-10 10:29 AM |
#0 |
-
July was the deadliest month there yet |
bigtree |
Aug-01-10 10:32 AM |
#1 |
 -
The answer to your implied question is |
BootinUp |
Aug-01-10 10:39 AM |
#14 |
  -
'tough period' You mean more killing and maiming. |
bigtree |
Aug-01-10 10:47 AM |
#22 |
 -
perhaps the death squads will help us save face? |
Warren Stupidity |
Aug-01-10 11:12 AM |
#37 |
 -
Yet where is the anger? Where are the protests? |
Freetradesucks |
Aug-02-10 08:40 PM |
#76 |
-
So we're going to start polling foreign populations to determine national security policy? |
Oregone |
Aug-01-10 10:32 AM |
#2 |
 -
Its an indicator |
BootinUp |
Aug-01-10 10:36 AM |
#9 |
  -
Yeah, it indicates how bad the US is losing |
Oregone |
Aug-01-10 10:40 AM |
#15 |
  -
Yeah it's an indicator of someone making a shit load of money off of our presence there. |
Raineyb |
Aug-01-10 11:05 AM |
#31 |
 -
Might as well. When we poll the US population and it clearly |
obxhead |
Aug-01-10 10:52 AM |
#27 |
-
you cannot conduct a valid opinion poll in an insurgency. |
Warren Stupidity |
Aug-01-10 10:33 AM |
#3 |
 -
No. nt |
BootinUp |
Aug-01-10 10:34 AM |
#5 |
-
excellent. |
Warren Stupidity |
Aug-01-10 10:36 AM |
#7 |
-
No? Put a gun in my face and I will tell you I like you a lot |
NNN0LHI |
Aug-01-10 10:38 AM |
#11 |
 -
I would argue against your point |
BootinUp |
Aug-01-10 10:41 AM |
#17 |
-
That explains this OP of fail. n/t |
Raineyb |
Aug-01-10 11:13 AM |
#38 |
-
The best way to improve security is for the United States to get out. n/t |
unhappycamper |
Aug-01-10 10:33 AM |
#4 |
 -
Because it worked so well the last time. nt |
BootinUp |
Aug-01-10 10:35 AM |
#6 |
  -
yea, too bad we're not still in Vietnam |
G_j |
Aug-01-10 10:39 AM |
#13 |
   -
If the hippies had allowed us to win in 'Nam |
wtmusic |
Aug-01-10 10:58 AM |
#28 |
   -
The millions of people murdered by the North probably think it was |
Taitertots |
Aug-01-10 12:29 PM |
#45 |
  -
oh great, now we get to argue |
G_j |
Aug-01-10 01:03 PM |
#50 |
  -
Who said it was a just war? It can be both unjust and the ending cost millions of innocent lives |
Taitertots |
Aug-01-10 02:56 PM |
#66 |
  -
Really? |
unhappycamper |
Aug-01-10 10:46 AM |
#20 |
 -
Leaving a vacuum in Afghanistan |
BootinUp |
Aug-01-10 10:49 AM |
#23 |
 -
There is a civil war going on in Afghanistan. |
unhappycamper |
Aug-01-10 10:59 AM |
#29 |
  -
I am not as sure as you. |
BootinUp |
Aug-01-10 11:14 AM |
#41 |
 -
I think hopeless decribes our situation there. |
unhappycamper |
Aug-01-10 11:21 AM |
#42 |
 -
That piece is riddled with factual errors. The main one is |
EFerrari |
Aug-01-10 02:22 PM |
#56 |
 -
Most would disagree with your views on the Taliban. Including |
BootinUp |
Aug-01-10 02:25 PM |
#58 |
  -
I didn't give you my views on the Taliban. |
EFerrari |
Aug-01-10 02:27 PM |
#59 |
 -
Your view is that they are not destabilizing force |
BootinUp |
Aug-01-10 02:30 PM |
#60 |
 -
No, I didn't say that. n/t |
EFerrari |
Aug-01-10 02:33 PM |
#62 |
 -
Like one of those Orecs? Are they really any good? |
Warren Stupidity |
Aug-01-10 11:14 AM |
#40 |
 -
Security for the Taliban and compliant men. |
MH1 |
Aug-01-10 10:38 AM |
#12 |
-
People prefer to buy into a worldview where all the costs are on one side. |
Unvanguard |
Aug-01-10 10:36 AM |
#8 |
-
I should believe Gates |
G_j |
Aug-01-10 10:37 AM |
#10 |
 -
Oh come on...its not like he's hiding anything! |
Oregone |
Aug-01-10 10:43 AM |
#18 |
 -
It was an ABC/ Wash.Post poll I believe. nt |
BootinUp |
Aug-01-10 11:09 AM |
#34 |
-
money may not buy love but it can buy lots of temporary "friends" nt |
msongs |
Aug-01-10 10:40 AM |
#16 |
-
And 56% of Americans oppose the US presence in Afghanistan. |
kiva |
Aug-01-10 10:44 AM |
#19 |
 -
It says they oppose the war. It doesn't say they support withdrawal. |
Unvanguard |
Aug-01-10 10:46 AM |
#21 |
  -
Wording of poll questions makes a huge difference in the response. |
MH1 |
Aug-01-10 10:49 AM |
#24 |
 -
You've made a key mistake... |
Chan790 |
Aug-01-10 10:51 AM |
#25 |
-
For the first time in over 35 years I am not going |
kiva |
Aug-01-10 11:06 AM |
#32 |
-
Just dont vote for these vampires and you are fine by us: |
Oregone |
Aug-01-10 11:38 AM |
#44 |
-
AccuPoll™ sponsored by General Dynamics, GE, and ATK |
wtmusic |
Aug-01-10 10:51 AM |
#26 |
-
lol. A poll conducted by the US. |
chrisa |
Aug-01-10 11:02 AM |
#30 |
 -
I understand why you don't want to believe it. nt |
BootinUp |
Aug-01-10 11:07 AM |
#33 |
-
unrec'd for the vast stupidity of believeing this poll |
RetroLounge |
Aug-01-10 11:09 AM |
#35 |
 -
I considered rec-ing it for the same reason. |
Warren Stupidity |
Aug-01-10 11:11 AM |
#36 |
 -
I also unrecced. n/t |
unhappycamper |
Aug-01-10 11:14 AM |
#39 |
-
A thumbs up for the Bush Doctrine. |
VMI Dem |
Aug-01-10 11:26 AM |
#43 |
-
LMAO. Who did they interview, the Karzai people? |
IndianaGreen |
Aug-01-10 12:30 PM |
#46 |
-
Total propaganda. You mean 68% of Afghans working for Karzai and living in Kabul. |
readmoreoften |
Aug-01-10 12:45 PM |
#47 |
-
*** About the Poll referenced in the OP *** |
BootinUp |
Aug-01-10 12:54 PM |
#48 |
 -
Before there was Fox, there was ABC. nt |
EFerrari |
Aug-01-10 02:05 PM |
#54 |
-
So does 100% of Taliban and Al Queda recruiters. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Aug-01-10 12:56 PM |
#49 |
-
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH |
L0oniX |
Aug-01-10 01:51 PM |
#51 |
-
68% POLLED support ....... go out into the mine fields and ask again |
Motown_Johnny |
Aug-01-10 01:59 PM |
#52 |
-
Then they should all FUCKING ENLIST in their war! |
Kurovski |
Aug-01-10 02:03 PM |
#53 |
-
At least you already know advocating RW policy will get you massive negative recs. |
Edweird |
Aug-01-10 02:18 PM |
#55 |
 -
Clearly I think some facts are not given equal weight |
BootinUp |
Aug-01-10 02:23 PM |
#57 |
-
Hey, whatever works for you. Reality doesn't agree with you, tho. |
Edweird |
Aug-01-10 02:41 PM |
#63 |
 -
this isn't an appropriate subject? nt |
BootinUp |
Aug-01-10 02:44 PM |
#64 |
-
we tend to dismiss the bullshitty facts. nt. |
Warren Stupidity |
Aug-01-10 04:33 PM |
#67 |
-
. |
BootinUp |
Aug-01-10 04:41 PM |
#68 |
-
68% of which Afghans? |
lunatica |
Aug-01-10 02:33 PM |
#61 |
 -
#48 has info on the poll |
BootinUp |
Aug-01-10 02:46 PM |
#65 |
-
won "national news awards" |
upi402 |
Aug-01-10 04:47 PM |
#69 |
-
How do we know the poll was not fake? |
stevedesmond |
Aug-01-10 05:06 PM |
#70 |
 -
I think it passes muster, but read it for yourself |
BootinUp |
Aug-01-10 05:09 PM |
#71 |
-
kick |
BootinUp |
Aug-01-10 10:10 PM |
#72 |
-
First, who could possibly trust the methodology and second who gives a fuck? |
TheKentuckian |
Aug-01-10 11:04 PM |
#73 |
-
68% were in favor of the Soviet occupation too |
daleo |
Aug-01-10 11:23 PM |
#74 |
-
You're being such a good german... |
RetroLounge |
Aug-02-10 08:36 PM |
#75 |