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2019-09-12 Afghanistan

Afghan War Continues 18 Years After 9/11 Attacks

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Posted by trailing wife 2019-09-12 03:08|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top
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#1 Afghan war continues for more than 2000 years.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-09-12 06:09|| 2019-09-12 06:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Just needed to wear the Taliban enough as to allow other tribes to keep them and the place in enough turmoil as to be too busy to bother others.

Or in the parlance of the strategies of the 50s, our dictator is better than their dictator.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-09-12 07:56|| 2019-09-12 07:56|| Front Page Top

#3 MARSHALL PLAN = $12 billion (nearly $100 billion in 2018 US dollars).

AGHANISTAN PLAN = $1 trillion total direct cost of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan since 2001 (almost).

Posted by ruprecht 2019-09-12 17:55|| 2019-09-12 17:55|| Front Page Top

#4 A stroppy boy flopped his jalopy.
"Son, every young man needs a hobby.
Go march up that hill!"
"And back down?" "Sure." "Until?"
"It's worn down to a plain." "Okay, poppy!"

Posted by Creager Snore3746 2019-09-12 23:00|| 2019-09-12 23:00|| Front Page Top

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