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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-10 03:37 PM
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Damn it all...
Merry Christmas and Happy 10th Anniversary of the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court fiasco.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/13/world/asia/13afghan.html

Huge Bomb Kills 6 U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan

Soldiers dug through the rubble of the outpost searching for missing soldiers.

By C. J. CHIVERS
Published: December 12, 2010

ZHARI, Afghanistan — Six American soldiers were killed and more than a dozen American and Afghan soldiers were wounded on Sunday morning when a van packed with explosives detonated beside a small joint outpost in southern Afghanistan.

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/12/12/world/20101213_AFGHAN-2.html



Soldiers quickly arrived and clawed and pulled at the waist-deep rubble in a search for missing troops.
Credit: Tyler Hicks/The New York Times

The explosion blasted a large hole in the thick wall, causing the roof to collapse on soldiers inside.
Credit: Tyler Hicks/The New York Times
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Autumn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-10 03:39 PM
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1. Why are we there
still?
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-10 03:45 PM
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4. Something about a pipeline, methinks
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Autumn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-10 03:51 PM
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5. Mission Accomplished,
Will he bring them home now?
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-10 03:57 PM
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7. You'd have to ask the Executive boards of Haliburton, The Carlyle group and Unocal
They're the ones who own that sector of the economy

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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-10 03:42 PM
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2. Just yesterday, I was telling my husband how much more dangerous it seems....
in Afghanistan now. :-(
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Bonhomme Richard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-10 03:43 PM
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3. If you haven't seen Restrepo you need to.
This war is a complete clusterfuck.
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rosesaylavee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-10 03:53 PM
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6. Crap
10 years of it.
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marylanddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-10 04:19 PM
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8. This "war" is an atrocity.
What will it take to end it?
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-10 04:24 PM
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9. Bring them home now.
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Boudica the Lyoness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-12-10 04:29 PM
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10. We're being used
This isn't a 'war'.
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