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Thu Jun-24-10 07:49 AM
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| 11. Without delving further into the deals, who makes money and geopolitical spheres of influence |
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Who do you think receives the products?  |
| -Why we are in Afghanistan |
berni_mccoy |
Jun-24-10 01:56 AM |
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I've been trying to get this through to people for a while now |
Chulanowa |
Jun-24-10 02:09 AM |
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Exactly. |
vaberella |
Jun-24-10 03:21 AM |
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berni where you been?! Missed your posts. This is actually why I am on the fence with this war. |
vaberella |
Jun-24-10 03:20 AM |
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Been taking shelter in the Barrack Obama Group, staying away from the hate |
berni_mccoy |
Jun-24-10 09:03 AM |
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I am really glad to see you back. Your knowledge of political... |
kjackson227 |
Jun-24-10 10:43 AM |
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Mineral resources... |
depakid |
Jun-24-10 03:28 AM |
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Those were given to Japan. |
JTFrog |
Jun-24-10 06:38 AM |
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LOL- no, they weren't |
depakid |
Jun-24-10 07:00 AM |
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It's certainly what Karzai and Japan have been saying... |
JTFrog |
Jun-24-10 07:10 AM |
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Without delving further into the deals, who makes money and geopolitical spheres of influence |
depakid |
Jun-24-10 07:49 AM |
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I'll admit to not knowing much about Japan or China being a proxy for the US. |
JTFrog |
Jun-24-10 08:08 AM |
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That's part of it |
depakid |
Jun-24-10 08:19 AM |
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+ Oil & Gas |
donheld |
Jun-24-10 11:26 PM |
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Bush Doctrine. Whoo hoo! |
VMI Dem |
Jun-24-10 04:25 AM |
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'tis the white man's burden to protect the lowly savages by |
Warren Stupidity |
Jun-24-10 04:56 AM |
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Almost ten years. Ten long years. |
cali |
Jun-24-10 06:00 AM |
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Almost 9 years under Bush. Only a year and a half under Obama. |
berni_mccoy |
Jun-24-10 08:57 AM |
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Bush? Who is this "Bush"? |
Chulanowa |
Jun-24-10 10:43 AM |
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Thanks, Berni for the information. Some think it is so easy... |
kjackson227 |
Jun-24-10 08:14 AM |
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LBJ hated the war from the beginning |
Enrique |
Jun-24-10 09:35 AM |
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I hope so, too. But, I trust Obama to get us out earlier, if possible... |
kjackson227 |
Jun-24-10 10:41 AM |
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It amazes me how many Monday Morning Quarterbacks |
goclark |
Jun-27-10 12:18 AM |
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Don't forget the nuclear weapons in destabilizing Pakistan. |
Nicholas D Wolfwood |
Jun-24-10 08:58 AM |
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You are absolutely correct on that...when a dirty nuke hits US |
golfguru |
Jun-27-10 12:39 AM |
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yes, that's the reason for all our wars |
Enrique |
Jun-24-10 09:21 AM |
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I'm not sure why you draw that conclusion. That's not what got us there. |
berni_mccoy |
Jun-24-10 09:24 AM |
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the name of the war was Operation Enduring Freedom |
Enrique |
Jun-24-10 09:31 AM |
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That's pretty flawed logic basing the reason for the invasion on the name of the operation |
berni_mccoy |
Jun-24-10 09:42 AM |
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actually, we only went there gto kill Bin laden. You remember him right |
mkultra |
Jun-24-10 06:34 PM |
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We're there for the children. |
rug |
Jun-24-10 09:25 AM |
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LOL |
Tutankhamun |
Jun-24-10 09:28 PM |
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Heart string tugging distraction |
TheKentuckian |
Jun-24-10 09:38 AM |
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You missed the point. It's not a heart-string argument. Read "Three Cups of Tea"... |
berni_mccoy |
Jun-24-10 10:28 AM |
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I'm surprised you waste your time posting here |
pscot |
Jun-24-10 10:42 PM |
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At the expense of Social Security? In a trade off at the expense of our own infrastructure? |
TheKentuckian |
Jun-25-10 08:41 AM |
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+1000 n/t |
jeanpalmer |
Jun-26-10 01:01 AM |
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You souldn't use the plight of Afghanistan women as an excuse for |
tekisui |
Jun-24-10 10:45 AM |
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You didn't read it, did you? See my response #25 above. |
berni_mccoy |
Jun-24-10 10:51 AM |
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I read it. |
tekisui |
Jun-24-10 10:53 AM |
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You can't educate them when the Taliban and AQ are gassing the schools |
berni_mccoy |
Jun-24-10 11:08 AM |
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And how do we know when it is safe for us to leave? |
tekisui |
Jun-24-10 11:11 AM |
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The same questions were asked about Iraq. |
berni_mccoy |
Jun-24-10 11:32 AM |
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I wouldn't point to a thing about Iraq as helping your argument. |
tekisui |
Jun-24-10 01:41 PM |
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That's pretty much it. |
Robeson |
Jun-24-10 06:39 PM |
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+1000 and while we continue to allocate huge sums of this nations |
bluethruandthru |
Jun-25-10 01:08 PM |
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It will be safe for us to leave when we're knee-deep in some other |
sad sally |
Jun-26-10 10:58 PM |
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It's hard to educate dead women and children also. |
sabrina 1 |
Jun-24-10 05:51 PM |
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Maybe you just need to look at it from a different perspective. |
noamnety |
Jun-24-10 10:59 PM |
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And I'm sick of hearing the "NATO loves bombing wedding parties" nonsense. |
Robb |
Jun-25-10 10:50 AM |
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selective memory |
noamnety |
Jun-25-10 01:35 PM |
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Fortunately for you, I'm quite familiar with these events. |
Robb |
Jun-25-10 03:23 PM |
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Rec'd. |
treestar |
Jun-24-10 11:03 AM |
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Jun-24-10 03:30 PM |
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Maybe we should let the people of Afghanistan speak for |
sabrina 1 |
Jun-24-10 05:23 PM |
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Col. Kurtz on why we will leave Afghanistan without 'winning' |
maxsolomon |
Jun-24-10 06:01 PM |
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That man sounds like he needs some serious |
sabrina 1 |
Jun-24-10 06:24 PM |
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Well, he was fictional, but the point was that Evil is relative |
maxsolomon |
Jun-24-10 07:05 PM |
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Thanks. |
sabrina 1 |
Jun-25-10 12:56 AM |
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We are in Afghanistan because Obama chose to escalate a losing war |
IndianaGreen |
Jun-24-10 06:05 PM |
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Jun-24-10 06:26 PM |
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The Subject Line Was Promising |
Moochy |
Jun-24-10 11:37 PM |
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We have to accept the fact that the world operates differently than it ought |
LittleBlue |
Jun-24-10 11:47 PM |
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The Taliban is our own Frankenstein's Monster inflicted on the Afghans. We need to kill it. |
Odin2005 |
Jun-25-10 12:03 AM |
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30 years of war have done nothing good for afghanistan |
bhikkhu |
Jun-25-10 01:03 AM |
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Well-placed campaign-based TRIANGULATION --- |
smalll |
Jun-25-10 03:06 AM |
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Here is the post in favor of DLC Triangulation |
Moochy |
Jun-25-10 10:24 AM |
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Hey I have seen this argument for the war before |
spiritual_gunfighter |
Jun-25-10 03:25 AM |
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The poster loves to recycle |
Moochy |
Jun-25-10 10:22 AM |
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What pretzel logic for continuing Bush's policies n/t |
Catherina |
Jun-25-10 10:38 AM |
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It's like saying we need to make shit not smell bad |
zulchzulu |
Jun-25-10 11:16 AM |
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we are there for the time being cause like in Viet Nam in the mid sixties it is considered way too |
Douglas Carpenter |
Jun-25-10 11:18 AM |
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Get.The. Fuck. Out. Now. |
Autumn |
Jun-25-10 12:44 PM |
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Education may have been |
alsame |
Jun-25-10 12:54 PM |
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If we are actually fighting the Taliban then it should be easy |
Rosa Luxemburg |
Jun-26-10 11:04 PM |
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