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2003-05-24 Afghanistan

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-05-24 10:34 am|| || Front Page|| [10 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I think you're way off on this. It was only 200 people and we shot four of their soldiers. Could you imagine how much bigger this protest would have been in other countries, for example South Korea....

Posted by Damn_Proud_American 2003-05-24 11:06:38|| 2003-05-24 11:06:38|| Front Page Top

#2 I agree with Damn Proud. 200 is tiny. Also, the Tajik, Uzbek, and Hazara districts of Afghanistan (perhaps 60 %) are in no danger of becoming the "low rent district of the NWFP." The Pashtuns, on the other hand ....

Posted by closet neo-con 2003-05-24 13:09:16|| 2003-05-24 13:09:16|| Front Page Top

#3 I second, or actually "third," those comments. Keep it in perspective. One can find 200 kooks anywhere to protest nearly anything. Heck, I've seen strike pickets in this country that were nastier, and larger, than that.

It's also a positive sign, I believe, that they feel free to protest, and it was "jus" some rock throwing and chanting. The road to democracy will be a long one, but the fact that we didn't machinegun the protestors will register positively with a lot of people.

Posted by Ralph 2003-05-24 14:01:13|| 2003-05-24 14:01:13|| Front Page Top

#4 But Fred, if we just get up and leave them to stew in their own Ignorant juices, we'll just get another Taliban in charge over there.
We have to keep trying to bring them into the 21st century (or at least the 20th) for our own self-defense.
We don't need yet another 9/11 training ground.

Posted by eric 2003-05-24 17:11:59|| 2003-05-24 17:11:59|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm sorry those Afghan soldiers are dead, but I'm glad that our troops have got permission to defend themselves. No more Beiruts!

Posted by The Sanity Inspector 2003-05-24 22:44:42|| 2003-05-24 22:44:42|| Front Page Top

#6 No, Eric.

They either need to come into the 21st century voluntarily because they want to or we'll just have to sanitize the entire region with gamma radiation.

I'm sick and tired of being played for a fool by those savages. If they want to die, let them. We have the means.

Posted by Emperor Misha I 2003-05-24 23:41:37|| [nicedoggie.net/] 2003-05-24 23:41:37|| Front Page Top

#7 during the afghan monarchy (pre-1974) Afghan was steadily modernizing and even centralizing to some degree. These people are not, for the most part savages. They have been subjected to horror for the last 25 years, its no wonder they have trouble building up democracy. (and we should note that much of their horror occured when they fought a war that brought down the Soviet empire, with our support. They could as easily have collaborated)

These comments do remind that the US is not naturally imperialist - the world has less to worry about from us than they think. But if we're going to win this thing we need to stick to it, and Afghan is first place. If we leave them, the people who won the cold war for us, we will have no credibility elsewhere.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-05-27 08:37:56|| 2003-05-27 08:37:56|| Front Page Top

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