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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 07:26 AM Original message |
OBAMA SHOULD DROP PLANS TO ESCALATE AFGHAN WAR; SEND IN PEACE CORPS INSTEAD |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. withdraw troops from Afghanistan, yes. Peace Corps? That's a truly bad idea. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
2. Now this is the change I'm talking about. Very strong and |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
3. Too risky to send in Peace Corps. There is essentially no security provided for the volunteers. |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
4. I'm not sure the members of the Peace Corp would agree. |
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Township75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
5. And I'm sure Sherwood will be the first volunteer in Afghanistand once the US troops are out. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 08:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Sherwood is a woman's name? |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Of course! Remember Corki Sherwood from Murphey Brown? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 09:52 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. But her FIRST NAME was Corki |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
6. Sounds like a lovely way to get kidnapped and/or shot. n/t |
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Inspired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 07:37 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. That was my first thought. n/t |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
8. . |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
9. Great way to get a bunch of peace corp volunteers killed |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 07:44 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Obviously the OP has no clue what Afghanistan is about |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 07:48 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. It's like when people post, "how about instead of a Department of Defense" |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 08:43 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Then call me stupid |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
14. And then we have to send troops back in to rescue the kidnapped Peace Corps volunteers? |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Kidnapped? |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
15. You need to establish security while you do the things needed to rebuild the country |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
16. Here is what he said on Meet the Press... |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
17. The Taliban has killed over a dozen judges in Afghanistan this year. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
20. 100% moronic idea. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
21. A meeting of Arab countries resulted in a plan |
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