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msongs

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1. one suspects taliban are not invaders, they are from there and part of that culture. right now they
Tue Aug 17, 2021, 01:20 AM
Aug 2021

are the dominant part but may not be so if they are attacked by other members of the culture, the tribal heads and warlords

one suspects taliban are not invaders, they are from there and part of that culture. right now they msongs Aug 2021 #1
Just one more small part of the puzzle-- didn't Reagan fund the Taliban, or... TreasonousBastard Aug 2021 #2
See the movie Charlie Wilson's War for an amazing take on how that happened Hekate Aug 2021 #3
I remember the movie, but not much of what happened... TreasonousBastard Aug 2021 #6
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The Mujahideen marie999 Aug 2021 #9
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I would argue MuseRider Aug 2021 #7
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A few years ago on one of the anniversaries of the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan I abqtommy Aug 2021 #14
Lest we think that only the Japanese suffered firebombing we did the same thing to Dresden. CTyankee Aug 2021 #20
This has been in the works for years ismnotwasm Aug 2021 #18
Winner. GoodRaisin Aug 2021 #19
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