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2012-07-03 Afghanistan

Will civil war hit Afghanistan when the U.S. leaves? - New Yorker

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Posted by Besoeker 2012-07-03 04:35|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Hell Yes, you have to ask?
Or id that rehtorical?

Posted by Redneck Jim 2012-07-03 07:46|| 2012-07-03 07:46|| Front Page Top

#2 Hell Yes, you have to ask?
Or iS that rehtorical?

Posted by Redneck Jim 2012-07-03 07:46|| 2012-07-03 07:46|| Front Page Top

#3 When did the New Yorker start substituting perception with reality? Was I sleeping or something?

Posted by Mullah Richard 2012-07-03 07:51|| 2012-07-03 07:51|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm must delighted some finally.... get's it!

Posted by Besoeker 2012-07-03 08:04|| 2012-07-03 08:04|| Front Page Top

#5 [someone] sorry.

Posted by Besoeker 2012-07-03 08:05|| 2012-07-03 08:05|| Front Page Top

#6 Don't feel bad Besoeker, I've got you beat for typos anyday. (Wish I didn't, such is partial Blindnes)

Posted by Redneck Jim 2012-07-03 08:14|| 2012-07-03 08:14|| Front Page Top

#7
Ninety per cent of Afghans have no education, and they didnt mind the Taliban. But if you were educated it was hell.

Kinda sums up the problem right there. Of course there's also the obligatory "US didn't create lasting institutions" crap a little later. But, exactly what does he expect with 90% rubes?

This will be a return to the dark ages of tribal/warlord government. It's what they want.

Posted by AlanC 2012-07-03 08:29|| 2012-07-03 08:29|| Front Page Top

#8 90% of Afghans will die to expel foreign armed forces from their country. But they don't mind the Taliban. Essence of the problem.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2012-07-03 12:52|| 2012-07-03 12:52|| Front Page Top

#9 Are they honestly suggesting that what is happening now in Afghanistan is not a civil war? Is that an admission that we are at war with pakistan?

Posted by rjschwarz 2012-07-03 15:26|| 2012-07-03 15:26|| Front Page Top

#10 Does the 'Burg have a "give a shit" meter?

Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2012-07-03 23:06|| 2012-07-03 23:06|| Front Page Top

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