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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 07:55 AM Original message |
We will never win in Afghanistan! |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
1. There hasn't been for 1000 years. |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
2. There is a good reason Afghanistan is called "The Graveyard of Empires". |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
3. Afghanistan is a lot like OWS. No central leadership |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 08:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. and throw in the amazing amount of corruption. |
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Jnana (88 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
5. Afghanistan was a violent and corrupt region when Marco Polo traveled the Silk Road. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
6. There is no win to be had |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
7. Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no! |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
8. Unfortunately, our polticians and generals lack the courage to admit they lost. |
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Courtesy Flush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
9. We haven't won a war in 60 years |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
10. Afghanistan is the Graveyard of Empires |
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Kurmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
11. We've already won in Afghanistan, long ago. It's just not worth occupying. |
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