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Ksec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 06:24 PM
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They attacked the wrong country fergodsake
Bush wins the "Lamest President of all time " award.
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bluerum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 06:42 PM
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1. Just out of curiosity - what was the right country?
I presume it was Afghanistan.
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Freedom_from_Chains Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 06:46 PM
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2. Afghanistan did at least make some sense
seeing how OBL had his training camps there.
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 06:47 PM
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3. Yes, great flight schools in Afghanistan.
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Freedom_from_Chains Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 06:50 PM
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4. Like I said, some sense, not great, but some. n/t
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 06:53 PM
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6. No sense there either. The Taliban have regained control of Afghanistan.
And ** didn't get Osama, either. What did attacking Afghanistan solve?
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Freedom_from_Chains Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 06:57 PM
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9. Oh yea, and the Taliban, they were some real sweethearts too.
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 07:00 PM
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10. Well the "sweethearts" have regained control, so like I said, what
did attacking Afghanistan get us? We cut and ran from there to attack Iraq, which had NOTHING to do with 9/11. Great strategy, huh?
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bluerum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 07:02 PM
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11. Point being - sustained effort in Afghanistan may have been
less costly and more productive in terms of disrupting terra-ist activities?

Then Helliburton would not be billions of dollars richer.
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 07:04 PM
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13. Well bu$hco didn't think so, did they? But then it was never about
Edited on Sun Sep-24-06 07:05 PM by Blue State Native
the WoT with them, was it? War is good for profits.
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Freedom_from_Chains Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 07:04 PM
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12. No, and I didn't say anything that should cause you to think
that I thought going into Iraq was a great strategy.

Geez, no wonder Democrats can't gain any ground. And it won't surprise me if they manage to fuck up this next election even though as of a couple of weeks ago it was being handed to them on a silver plater.
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 07:07 PM
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14. I didn't mean that toward you, it was meant for bu$hco.
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Freedom_from_Chains Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 07:07 PM
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15. Sorry for my misunderstanding. n/t
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 07:15 PM
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18. No problem. nt
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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 07:08 PM
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16. That doesn't mean that attacking was complete nonsense
One could argue that diverting rescources from Afghanistan (where the terrorists are) to occupy Iraq was complete nonsense.
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 06:53 PM
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7. We were attacked by Saudi Arabia. Royalty. Military.
(And their Texas friends.)
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 06:53 PM
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8. Right!
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 06:51 PM
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5. Afghanistan wasn't even the right country. Why should innocent
people in Afghanistan die and have their country bombed back to the stone age just because Osama Bin Forgotten was reportedly hiding in their country? I suspect that if ** really wanted to get Osama, he could have gone about it any other way then attacking a country's innocent population. :shrug: President Clinton went after the perps of the first WTC attack with attacking a country and killing innocent people.
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oldboy101 Donating Member (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-24-06 07:12 PM
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17. What's the difference between Iran and Iraq?
Only one little letter fer Chris sakes. Ya can't expect me to remember all those furiners names. It's hard werk bein' prezident, I tell ya.
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