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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:56 PM Original message |
A friend's son was killed in Afghanistan yesterday |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. No you can't, and yes you are right it is a tragic waste of life, which is why |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Yes, and anyone who voted for the IWR (Iraq War Resolution) |
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Essene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:06 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. stop falling into the anti-war/pro-war trap. Differentiate between iraq and afghanistan. n/t |
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fed-up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 05:44 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. you forgot to mention the oil pipeline that managed to get built-those that died in cargo container |
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caligirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. I thing the war in Afghanistan is supported here. Not Iraq. But if |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. The problem is they screwed that up also at Tora Bora |
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caligirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:18 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. and very disloyal to Afghani people. I am sure they are anxious for Nov. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I hope we win, but more importantly, I hope we do something about it /nt |
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Essene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:04 AM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Tora Bora, but we also didnt need to treat the taliban on par with al qaeda |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 03:56 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. we should have stopped the taliban from destroying the Bamiyan |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 01:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. and I'll bet if you ask most Americans what you are talking about, they won't know |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Not so |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
3. If that is what the guy wanted... |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
4. Ah, sorry to hear of you and your friends' loss. |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
5. So very sorry |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:13 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. No ....no children (or wife)....... |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:20 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. It's a shame |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:29 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Yep, it's crazy.... |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 04:06 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Well, if they're "gung-ho" people... |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
7. I'm sorry to learn this. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
8. That Is Awful, Awful |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
11. As A Mother Who Nearly Lost Her First Born In Iraq Just Love Them |
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Essene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
16. Afghanistan was a valid action and his life was not in vain. PERIOD |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 04:16 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Very right. |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. Afghanistan and Taliban |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
19. Let it go |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:13 AM Response to Original message |
20. tragic waste of life |
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VP505 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
26. It is a tragic waste of life, |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
28. The real pain will come if they ever realize that their son died for no good reason. |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
29. Thank you all |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
30. They've no doubt already answered that question for themselves. |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:50 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. The Forgotten Afghan War will go on for many years. |
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Feron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-28-08 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
33. I'm sorry for their loss. |
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