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Arctic Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-23-10 08:03 PM
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"Newsnight poll: Most think Afghan war 'unwinnable''
Sixty-four per cent of British people think the war in Afghanistan is unwinnable, a BBC poll suggests.
More than two-thirds (69%) also think the government has not done all it can to support British forces fighting in the country.
Only 27% agree that the government has given sufficient support to UK forces.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8530761.stm




*Sounds like Madison Ave needs to start a PR campaign to catapult the propaganda over in Britain.
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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-23-10 08:05 PM
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1. You can save just about anything as long as you are willing to
destroy it first... do the math.
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Arctic Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-23-10 08:15 PM
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2. My my how things have changed around here.
I remember in the not so distant past people would have agreed whole heartedly with this poll.
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Goldstein1984 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-23-10 08:22 PM
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3. That was a different Commander-In-Chief
It's Obama's war now.

Rec from <0 back to 0.
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Arctic Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-23-10 08:25 PM
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5. I heard when he took over that he had them drop candy and flowers from planes
Edited on Tue Feb-23-10 08:28 PM by Arctic Dave
not H/E and shrapnel.
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Goldstein1984 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-23-10 08:44 PM
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11. Bush/Cheney war crimes are somehow different from
Obama/Biden war crimes. The Democratic Party and Obama faithful find some moral and legal contortion to distinguish between children blown up when Bush was giving orders and children blown up when Obama is giving orders.

Obama had a choice to make; he made the wrong one. He could have distanced himself from Bush/Cheney; he chose to join them. Now he's just another war criminal, ironically with a Nobel Peace Prize.

The Nobel Committee now knows what every father of a teenage boy knows: If you pay up front, the lawn never gets mowed.
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-23-10 08:53 PM
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13. My opinion hasn't changed... I've always been against the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan
and a change in the WH doesn't make a bit of difference.

k/r
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Arctic Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-23-10 09:02 PM
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14. I would say we have some gold medal gymnast on DU now trying to justify the
killing spree.
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-23-10 08:24 PM
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4. How long before Britain follows the Dutch lead? How long before we do? K&R
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Arctic Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-23-10 08:28 PM
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6. Our PR machine is still telling us this is a "good war".
So we may be there a while until the stupid wears off.
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-23-10 08:45 PM
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12. Our president is telling us it's a "necessary" war. And, people are buying it.
Unfortunately, it may take until the country is completely broke supporting another lost war, until they realize that the real bogeyman that threatens us is the Pentagon.
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Edweird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-23-10 08:28 PM
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7. I don't think Afghanistan is unwinnable.
I KNOW Afghanistan is unwinnable, and so does anyone that has any concept of history.
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Arctic Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-23-10 08:31 PM
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8. Is Afghanistan winnable = No. Is it profitable = Yes. n/t
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anonymous171 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-23-10 08:34 PM
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9. They are right. nt
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Arctic Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-23-10 08:41 PM
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10. Sounds like the British population wants to declare victory and GTFO by the end of the year.
Sounds like a great plan to me.
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Arctic Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-23-10 10:02 PM
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15. Shameless kick for attention to this poll. Not everyone is buying the PR BS.
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timeforpeace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-23-10 10:46 PM
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16. K&R.
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