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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:28 AM Original message |
Russian advice: More troops won't help in Afghanistan |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
1. Pshaw, what would they know about it? |
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Traveling_Home (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. The only thing Russia knows is how to lose |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. in afghanistan, i'd say they have quite a bit of credibility. |
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Traveling_Home (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Why would you say that? They lost cause they were idiots and .... |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Their military doesn't suck. |
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Traveling_Home (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. The war in Georgia? Really? That's the military highlight? |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 08:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. They've had trouble with the Migs for years. That's not news. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. The only thing Russia knows is how to lose?! |
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Traveling_Home (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Napolean?? Really?? I said since WWII sheeesh! |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I'm just sayin', you can't say they don't know how to win at all. |
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RufusEarl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
2. That's good advice i hope we listen, |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
3. "Never get involved in a land war in Asia." MacArthur |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Montgomery and Vizini said that as well. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
6. If the Soviets couldn't win--and they shared a border, no less--we can't. |
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morgan2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. we were also arming the afghanistanis against the soviets |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 08:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. That's true, but the ones training them were trained by us. |
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