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nolabear

(41,991 posts)
Wed Apr 14, 2021, 03:20 PM Apr 2021

Joe just broke my heart.

Seeing him stand there among the tombstones of the recent dead, look around and make that little “so many” gesture with his hands made me weep.

So many. So very many. And for what? Oil? Pride? We didn’t help those people.

I’m so tired of needless death at the hands of men with weapons and hatred.

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Joe just broke my heart. (Original Post) nolabear Apr 2021 OP
Finally an end to a war that never should have begun. BarbD Apr 2021 #1
Some military response to 9/11 was warranted. maxsolomon Apr 2021 #4
AND the response wasn't DENVERPOPS Apr 2021 #5
along with funding. FoxNewsSucks Apr 2021 #10
Link? Amaryllis Apr 2021 #2
It was on tv DesertRat Apr 2021 #6
Thanks for providing that. nolabear Apr 2021 #8
... demmiblue Apr 2021 #7
Thanks for that link. (N/t) Lefta Dissenter Apr 2021 #11
My gawd - he's walking in the rain!!! packman Apr 2021 #12
The long-running champion, the Graveyard of Empires, remains undefeated. Aristus Apr 2021 #3
Indeed. calimary Apr 2021 #9

BarbD

(1,193 posts)
1. Finally an end to a war that never should have begun.
Wed Apr 14, 2021, 04:35 PM
Apr 2021

This was pointless from the beginning as many countries before us have discovered.

maxsolomon

(33,400 posts)
4. Some military response to 9/11 was warranted.
Wed Apr 14, 2021, 04:41 PM
Apr 2021

But it should have stopped short of an occupation.

Afghanistan isn't invincible, but it's just not worth the effort. It never has been.

DENVERPOPS

(8,844 posts)
5. AND the response wasn't
Wed Apr 14, 2021, 04:57 PM
Apr 2021

aimed at the REAL country at Fault. Almost all the participants were from the Saudi's..........

nolabear

(41,991 posts)
8. Thanks for providing that.
Wed Apr 14, 2021, 05:25 PM
Apr 2021

Now and then I feel as though we're all hanging out watching things together and don't step up.

 

packman

(16,296 posts)
12. My gawd - he's walking in the rain!!!
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 02:38 PM
Apr 2021

Not like sweet sugar daddy Trump who couldn't visit a US cemetery in France because of the rain - he would have melted away

Aristus

(66,462 posts)
3. The long-running champion, the Graveyard of Empires, remains undefeated.
Wed Apr 14, 2021, 04:38 PM
Apr 2021

I guess Soviet arrogance couldn't hold a candle to American arrogance...

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