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aquart

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8. They know the job is risky. But there are no other jobs.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Fri Dec 28, 2012, 06:12 AM

Dec 2012

No birth control either. So desperate families can spare a son or two who might be able to send some money home.

And every awful drone means an American soldier who wasn't asked to risk his life or his sanity.

Little girls pleading for their lives IN ENGLISH in a country that murders them for learning to read is a joke.

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Betrayed While Asleep, Afghan Police Die at Hands of Their Countrymen [View all] Omaha Steve Dec 2012 OP

hard to believe iamthebandfanman Dec 2012 #1

collaboration with foreign invaders lowers lifespan; film at 11. Alamuti Lotus Dec 2012 #2

Should I be surprised? tonekat Dec 2012 #3

Betrayal..... DeSwiss Dec 2012 #4

Dear Lord, you think WE taught that region to kill? aquart Dec 2012 #7

If this were an Olympic event..... DeSwiss Dec 2012 #10

We didn't teach them killing daleo Dec 2012 #16

It's the child that was kept as sex slave that was betrayed. Not his abusers. pam4water Dec 2012 #5

it's NYT--what else would be expected.. *nt Alamuti Lotus Dec 2012 #6

Seriously, they just kinda threw that in there like we wouldn't notice. Ash_F Dec 2012 #12

They know the job is risky. But there are no other jobs. aquart Dec 2012 #8

Umm its Pakistan a former English colony nauthiz Dec 2012 #11

Uh huh. The borders are pretty artificial and Taliban move back and forth. aquart Dec 2012 #13

Just another mess created by the USA to obtain the resources of another country Resonance_Chamber Dec 2012 #9

WE created the Taliban? Now that is colonial arrogance. aquart Dec 2012 #14

Yes the Taliban who were the former Mujahidin we trained to fight the USSR Resonance_Chamber Dec 2012 #17

Meantime, China is moving in with contracts and bulldozers. aquart Dec 2012 #15