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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 09:57 AM Original message |
Is there anyone here that truly believes we have something to fear from |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. I fear for the women of Afghanistan. I don't think our war is the best way to help them, |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Seconded. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
2. At this point the justification is not on risk however |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. "Question - what would happen if we left Afghansitan today? To the Afghans that is? " |
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jdlh8894 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Just like "we" couldn't change Hitler's views towards the Jews? |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:15 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. we never changed his view |
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jdlh8894 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:18 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. No, "we" put a STOP to it! n/t |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Afghanistan = Vietnam. Afghanistan /= WWII. |
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jdlh8894 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:52 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Sorry , I thought we were equating social injustice- |
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DebJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. I disagree, because educating women has an enormous |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:27 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Amen. |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:26 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Every human being has a vested interest in the life of every other human being. |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. But at the point of a gun? |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:38 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Of course not. I didn't say that. |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. What will happen to them (the Afghanis) if we stay? |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:13 AM Original message |
Depends on how good a job we do |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
19. We trained that army real good. |
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Andy823 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. The same thing that happened in Iraq |
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JustAnotherGen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. It will go back to circa 1992-1194 |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Whether we leave tomorrow or 100 years from now the end result will be the same. |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
23. Actually I heard Ambassador Holbrook say we are there because of National Security |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
7. There was but we let them escape to Pakistan - our new BFF n/t |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
8. Don't kid yourself |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 11:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
28. Even if ten thousand Al Qaeda all armed with their box cutters |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 11:06 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Armed with plane tickets |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 11:28 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. But you see, that is not my concern |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Well, you should be concerned |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
10. Gosh, so many problems |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
12. Even if the occasional hijacking or bombing in the US... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
22. No. Nor Iraq, nor even Iran. If the USSR didn't attack us, these places won't. |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
25. That's the problem. Afghanistan felt like it made sense |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
27. Nothing to fear at all. And it's disgusting to see how people justify the genocide |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
29. 'Viagra lure' for Afghan warlords |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
30. Not until they complete the Aircraft Carrier being built in the caves of Tora Bora. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
32. Not a risk that justifies the cost |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
34. No, at this point I don't think there is much to fear |
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Papagoose (361 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
35. My Republican friends do |
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