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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 08:33 AM Original message |
Afghan government claims Taliban stronghold |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. Such good news. I've got goosebumps. Thanks for posting this. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
2. FWIW, Red Cross had to pull out. Land mines and IEDs. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 08:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. The Taliban's tactics are not exactly how insurgents win wars |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 03:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Well, by that logic, killing civilians with drones and artillery strikes |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 07:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Do you realize the NATO is making every possible effort to avoid civilian casualties in |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-25-10 07:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Does that really matter to the dead? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 06:19 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. It matters to the families. Deliberate or indifference to life is much worse |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Tell it to the families. |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Isn't dropping bombs on cities and villages indifference? n/t |
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denbot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Everybody gets that war is bad. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Thanks, that was an excellent post and perspective |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. The fact that we are involving ourselves in a domestic dispute of Afghanistan |
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denbot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Um, do you remember how we got there. |
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conservdem (880 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Well said. |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. I do. I also remember no one actually being Afghani or Taliban being |
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denbot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. The Taliban were in a very real sense sponsoring Osama in that country. |
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conservdem (880 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Are you saying the Taliban is inevitable because of the culture? |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Is it worth us killing them for? |
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denbot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. What do you think we should be doing? |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Leave. Let them evolve on the their own. |
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conservdem (880 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 04:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Is what worth us killing them for? |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 04:49 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Fundamentalism is everywhere, why do you think we can rid over there? |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I got news for you. |
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denbot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:05 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Got news for you. |
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conservdem (880 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. I concur and thank you for your service. |
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denbot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Not to be argumentative but Arctic Dave served in the region too. |
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conservdem (880 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 04:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Fair point. |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. No, tell us all about it... |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Your sense is wrong |
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conservdem (880 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
19. Good news and thanks for posting this. |
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scottban (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
31. Let's straighten things out at home first |
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