Keith Bee
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Mon May-09-11 03:40 PM
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The Taliban wasn't behind 9/11, there's virtually no al Qaeda left in Afghanistan, |
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we're not going to invade Pakistan, and Osama bin Laden is dead. There remains no justifiable reason to keep our guys & gals in the Graveyard of Empires. BRING. THEM. HOME. NOW!
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Mon May-09-11 03:51 PM
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1. But they still want security for the oil pipeline |
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Mon May-09-11 04:09 PM
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Mon May-09-11 05:24 PM
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15. No more corporate welfare. Make the multi nationals pay |
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Edited on Mon May-09-11 05:24 PM by think
for their own damn security.
Sarcasm understood. Just wanted to rant :)
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Mon May-09-11 03:51 PM
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you have to stay and clean it up.
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Mon May-09-11 03:53 PM
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3. That's the problem basically. n/t |
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Mon May-09-11 03:59 PM
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it was the previous owner who started the mess
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Mon May-09-11 04:10 PM
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Doesn't matter: the answer is NO.
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Mon May-09-11 03:54 PM
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4. The timeline is already in place to start withdrawal in July. n/t |
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Mon May-09-11 03:57 PM
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Mon May-09-11 04:10 PM
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8. We broke it and it will take time to fix it. |
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We have a moral obligation to not leave them in the shambles of war.
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Mon May-09-11 04:16 PM
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10. It was already broken when we invaded |
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Mon May-09-11 04:19 PM
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11. Are you suggesting we didn't make it worse? n/t |
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Mon May-09-11 04:24 PM
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It was tribal before we moved in, and it still is.
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Mon May-09-11 05:14 PM
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14. Right. And it'll stay that way. |
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And the Taliban---whom I am NO fan of---probably will retake power when we leave. But that's gonna happen anyway, be it tomorrow, next month, next year, 2050. We cannot build every nation, especially the ones that aren't really nations, but collections of tribes. Why spill even one more drop of American blood in a situation we will never make any lasting change on?
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Mon May-09-11 04:26 PM
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13. I would suggest that we did not |
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The Taliban were executing people in soccer stadiums, they'd banned kite flying, music, and women holding jobs or being educated. They blew up the Bamiyan Bhuddas. They cheerfully harbored Al Qaeda and took OBL's money.
We didn't make it better, but it may not have been possible to make it worse.
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