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joecool65 (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 12:46 PM Original message |
Afghanistan is not Iraq or Vietnam. It might be more like Bosnia.... |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ask those in history who have done this before. |
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joecool65 (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Military escalation solved the problem in Bosnia. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Great point... |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Because this is Afghanistan, cemetery of conquerors. |
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joecool65 (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Did not bury the British in 1879 |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. Bosnia was a war among three real armies not counting the US or Nato forces. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. That's a reasonable idea |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. Afghanistan is like no other |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
6. BS. In Bosnia we weren't fighting a guerilla war against indigenous forces. |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
7. Stupid comparision, Serbia is nation state with a conventional army |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. I guess we'll be forced to see if you are right or wrong about this. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. The Medians, the Persians, the Seleucids, the Indo-Greeks... |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Are you talking about John Hagee or Jerry Falwell? The USA indeed missed a golden |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Yeah, that too. |
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joecool65 (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. The Mongols never conquered what is today Afghanistan? |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Doubled checked: ... |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. You're banking on a quick conclusion? |
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western mass (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
13. No, Afghanistan '09 is like Afghanistan '79 |
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western mass (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
14. No, Afghanistan '09 is like Afghanistan '79 |
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BakedAtAMileHigh (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
15. Afghanistan = Afghanistan, Nothing Else |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
17. That's ridiculous. |
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joecool65 (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. wrong! |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Wrong back at ya |
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joecool65 (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. When more than two sides with different aims fight each other... |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. At least from our vantage point |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Oops. I forgot the Croats, who were similar to the Serb side but smaller. |
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joecool65 (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
19. People miss my point |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Wrong again |
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