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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-03-09 10:08 PM
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Afghan War Vets March On D.C.: 'You Can't Fight Taliban Militarily'
 
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Afghan War Vets March On Washington To Protest Against Ongoing War.

As the conflict in Afghanistan becomes increasingly unpopular, a group of veterans came to Washington, DC to show lawmakers the perspective of soldiers and afghan civilians.
Priya Sridhar talks to former soldier Brock McIntosh about U.S. options in Afghanistan.

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annm4peace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-03-09 10:28 PM
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1. Great Interview ! Great Veterans
I hope more Veterans are able to storm the halls.

I am sending link to my Senators and Representative in MN.


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avaistheone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-03-09 10:33 PM
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2. Good idea. I will do the same.
I really want to thank these vets for speaking out. They are saving alot of lives.


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Coleen Rowley Donating Member (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-04-09 12:17 AM
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6. Truth is the first casualty of war.
Thanks for posting. We need more truth like this!
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Sinti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-03-09 10:38 PM
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3. K&R - has anyone seen this in the mainstream media? n/t
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tb1988 Donating Member (72 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-04-09 09:39 AM
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12. I haven't - when they did the Winter Soldier hearings last year
and vets gave chilling testimony about what they'd experienced, it got almost no coverage.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-04-09 10:28 PM
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15. I was there at the Winter Soldier hearings
There was lots of local press and the local stations and newspapers gave it good coverage. But nothing on national media.
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izquierdista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-04-09 03:35 PM
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13. It is mainstream
Mainstream RUSSIAN media. Not too different from any other European country's mainstream media. Or even Al-Jazeera for that matter. It's American cable media where the mainstream is propaganda and the propaganda is mainstreamed.
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chadmak09 Donating Member (91 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-03-09 10:59 PM
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4. development???WTF??
Why should we spend what little money we have left on developing Afganistan and helping thier schools???
We have schools staving from budget problems here at home.

Cant we fix ourselves before fixing someone else?

Until we fix our own country, we will continue to fail at fixing other countries.
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sushi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-03-09 11:27 PM
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5. He said that
probably because the US is responsible for a lot of the destruction in Afghanistan. Don't you think that after you destroy something, looking for enemies, the nice thing is to rebuild it for the innocent people?
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vaberella Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-04-09 04:41 AM
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8. Besides bearing huge responsibility for the destabilization in Afghanistan.
The problem I have with this statement is that in a middle of a war, with sudden attacks you can't maintain infastructure and build a coalition, that is when most of the bombs and gun fighting has died down. We can't even send civilians out to do their jobs because they could get killed. So my problem with his message, although I respect and wishfully would hope we reach to that level---realistically it's impossible. Since the battle is between us and the Taliban.
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avaistheone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-04-09 02:54 AM
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7. K&r
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Why Syzygy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-04-09 04:50 AM
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9. Hooray!
I hope our elected officials will listen to THESE Experts and end this foolishness.
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dbmk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-04-09 06:30 AM
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10. Just remember
Edited on Wed Nov-04-09 06:31 AM by dbmk
When Russia Today writes "INNOVATIVE ANGLE" - they mean "THE ANGLE APPROVED AND WANTED BY KREMLIN".

There can be merits to their stories ofc. But approach their reporting with caution.
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ro1942 Donating Member (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-04-09 07:29 AM
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11. Thanks RT for reporting this
nobody else did
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Prisoner_Number_Six Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-04-09 06:15 PM
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14. They're merely rediscovering what the Soviets discovered.
The US could have saved itself years and lives simply by hiring a good war historian AND PAYING ATTENTION TO HIM/HER.

:shrug:
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