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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 03:50 PM
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Afghanistan has been called the place empires go to die...
Any idiot can conquer Kabul. But no one will ever hold Afghanistan." Old Pashtun proverb.

Genghis Khan could not keep Afghanistan, the Russians couldn't, the British couldn't...

Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

We got Osama, let's go.

Let Iran and Pakistan deal with them.

Oh yea, I forgot about that pipeline.

Well, if we were investing in alternative energy instead of wars, perhaps we would be further ahead.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 03:52 PM
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1. Your post is spot on.
Nicely done!
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 03:55 PM
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2. You just don't appreciate how exceptional the United States is!
Ordained by the Almighty to bring peace and justice to the planet. Peace at the point of a gun or through the missile sighting system on an unmanned drone. Justice through waterboarding and assassination. We are so fucking exceptional, we'll even beat this Afghanistan thing. Just you wait and see!
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 03:58 PM
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3. That's the problem, waiting and waiting and waiting....
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Gregorian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 04:08 PM
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4. There is a smart post. Which explains the unrec's.
What if we were subsidizing alternative energy generation instead of killing machines.
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Lionessa Donating Member (842 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 04:19 PM
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5. Empires should die, shouldn't they?
You're 100% correct, I'm just in a bit of a mood I guess and am wondering, is this a bad thing or perhaps a good thing?
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yardwork Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 04:22 PM
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6. The question is - do empires die because they invade Afghanistan
or are dying empires somehow drawn to Afghanistan?
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 09:39 PM
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7. I think that is not an either or but a proverb....
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