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This sounds like an issue for the Afghans to work out to me. PS they Don't want our "help". Vincardog Oct 2012 #1
We're just making it worse, if anything. nt Comrade_McKenzie Oct 2012 #2
Similar to when the US went in dipsydoodle Oct 2012 #3
Check out the topography.... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #4
Well I never. dipsydoodle Oct 2012 #5
Looks like a gerrymandered district. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #6
It more or less was Posteritatis Oct 2012 #8
lol dipsydoodle Oct 2012 #9
Has anyone ever taken them aside and accused them of having an insecurity complex? Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #10
It really does, doesn't it davidpdx Oct 2012 #24
China gasser85 Oct 2012 #12
Why would they? Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #13
The ethnic groups are even more complex than the terrain FarCenter Oct 2012 #29
On the one hand you want to go "no wonder",.... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #30
If the place collapsed any more it'd cycle back through to pristine stability. (nt) Posteritatis Oct 2012 #7
Ain't that the truth! nt Poll_Blind Oct 2012 #11
Funny how Republicans hate the idea of a strong central government here but insist on it there. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #14
I hope they take out any and all fossil fuel pipelines during the collapse triplepoint Oct 2012 #15
I'm not sure why the sure to be fighting tribes would destroy infrastructure. Socal31 Oct 2012 #16
Civilization is Electrically-Powered Mostly by Fossil Fuel and Nuke Plants triplepoint Oct 2012 #17
Finally, a punishment to fit the crime for Wall Street, Halliburton, et al .. Nihil Oct 2012 #21
An eastern king also did that to a Roman governor in the 1st Century BC. Odin2005 Oct 2012 #22
Been in that condition for 3500 years. Not exactly "Late Breaking News". Vidar Oct 2012 #18
These are activities filtered through Western eyes. cbrer Oct 2012 #19
We probably would have had better luck putting our resources towards securing Kabul 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #25
They call it "Graveyard of Empires" because someone wrote that line in a poem. ieoeja Oct 2012 #28
Always was and always will be unstable Franker65 Oct 2012 #20
Collapse? the country has never been "together". Odin2005 Oct 2012 #23
Their problem not ours. lalalu Oct 2012 #26
Guess we're never allowed to leave FiveGoodMen Oct 2012 #27
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