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2019-12-19 Afghanistan

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-12-19 02:16|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 We came to kill al-Qaeda. We killed heaps of those scumbags. But somehow that mission morphed into making Afghanistan a place that didn’t suck. That’s crazy. It’s always sucked and it always will suck and its suckiness is not our problem.

The GI has always referred to Iraq and AFG as the "Big Suck."

Posted by Besoeker 2019-12-19 04:55|| 2019-12-19 04:55|| Front Page Top

#2 We could 'rebuild' Germany and Japan, because we first bombed the **** out of them down to their domiciles. They knew they were beaten. There was no outside agent to give them succor. Then we utilized existing western or adopted western local institutions that had been in place for generations to 'nation build' among people who had a solid national identity. None of that was present in Afghanistan. However, that lure of a generation long past blinded the ruling caste into thinking they could ignore the quicksand they sought to build a nation on.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-12-19 08:04|| 2019-12-19 08:04|| Front Page Top

#3 WAPO slogan is "Democracy dies in darkness." WAPO must be counting on this.

Posted by JohnQC 2019-12-19 08:53|| 2019-12-19 08:53|| Front Page Top

#4 The GI has always referred to ~~Iraq and AFG~~ Over There as the "Big Suck."

Posted by Skidmark 2019-12-19 09:32|| 2019-12-19 09:32|| Front Page Top

#5 Rumsfeld set up the war, he set up Viet Nam. He hade the same mistakes twice expecting a different outcome. We should have never gone in in force. We should have bombed every inch of the place and left it a smoking hole.

Posted by 49 Pan 2019-12-19 11:41|| 2019-12-19 11:41|| Front Page Top

#6 /\ Henry Kissinger provided Donald a helping hand.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-12-19 11:57|| 2019-12-19 11:57|| Front Page Top

#7 OK, but let's not forget the debt of gratitude we owe the Afghan people for beating the crap out of Robert Fisk.

Posted by Matt 2019-12-19 14:40|| 2019-12-19 14:40|| Front Page Top

#8 Kid is potentially headed there after Christmas ugh

Posted by Rightwing 2019-12-19 18:41|| 2019-12-19 18:41|| Front Page Top

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