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cal04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 08:46 PM Original message |
Afghanistan mission close to failing - US |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. If the USSR with 500,000 troops couldn't resist being repulsed |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. and the ussr didn't have to send it's troops halfway round the world either... |
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TheLastMohican (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Actually it was 140 000 |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. I would add; "created the monster *& then stabbed him in the back*..." |
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cloudbase (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well, if they control 360 of 365, |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes the "Mayor of Kabul" needs 200 plus lackwater Mercenaries |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. Another Fine Nation By BushCo--Leaders in Nation-Building Worldwide! |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. Its Failed and Iraq has failed |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 10:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. The problem is the lesson from the viewpoint of the "bad guys." |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:04 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. That's just how it was with Viet Nam |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:51 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. What? |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. A little irony |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. The difference is |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Yes, these military ventures create intense ill will and hatred in the occupied country |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. There you go. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I agree that the Al-Qaida remnants are a concern |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Exactly! |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. What? Didn't the Afghanis see this? |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. No failure here: This mission already succeeded! |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
12. Oh, My! Who could possibly foreseen that? |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
16. but the war is Iraq was so essential to the Freedom and Liberty--Afghans had to be abandoned |
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