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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 02:24 PM Original message |
Poll question: Saying we need to rid Afghanistan of the Taliban is like saying... |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's more like saying we need to rid South Viet Nam of the Viet Cong. |
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tomg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I absolutely agree, and I admire |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Good point. |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Bingo |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 10:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Another bingo! |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Actually, the North Vietnamese killed most of the Vietcong after we left.... |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:33 AM Response to Reply #19 |
29. I guess you're making a point. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. It is especially futile when we are working with some Taliban. |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. Ya Know, I'm Almost To The Point Where I Think That The Tali-ban AND |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. The Taliban are today's Emmanuel Goldstein |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. Makes a whole lot more sense to rid the U.S. of our Christian Taliban. nt |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Good Point! They Are Just Fracturing This Country Each Day They Are Allowed |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Good for you for not letting your sister get to you! nt |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Here's how I got someone I know to stop sending me FreeperMail |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. I Am Aware That So Much Of It Is Off The Wall Crap... Don't Even Need Snopes |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
11. It's like the DLC saying they need to purge all the actual Democrats out of the Democratic party |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'd have agreed with you if we were talking about "Al Qaeda in Iraq" |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 09:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Karzai is a former Taliban now in charge of a corrupt narco-kleptocracy |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Okay, let's look at those points. |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:30 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Do we nation-build a narco-kleptocracy into being a "stable government"? |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 11:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Um, I never heard that Karazi was formally with the Taliban. Can you provide some reading material |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:36 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Karzai helped fund the Taliban in the 1980s when they fought the Soviet Union |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 11:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Karzai is an old oil exec |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:45 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Karzai help fund the Mujahideen in the 1980s against the Soviet Union |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 08:59 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. The US helped fund the Mujahideen |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 10:01 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. The US and people like Karzai funded the Mujahideen |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
18. "fall at zero gravity speed" |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
20. No one is saying we can ride Afghanistan fully of the Taliban and that will not be our new goal. |
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Garam_Masala (711 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 11:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. A wise post wisteria! The president has more info on Aghanistan than |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:48 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Actually it's Republicans (mostly) who are saying we need to rid Afghanistan of the Taliban |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
23. We need to die and be buried in the graveyard of empires... |
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