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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:26 AM Original message |
At least eight US soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. Clashes with whom? The report says "Taliban militants" |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Taliban militants. |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 09:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
41. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
47. I have a nephew in special forces and the last we heard |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
3. My 19 year old godson just arrived in Afghanistan this very weekend. |
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RazzleCat (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
4. Oh no |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
5. We may or may not be winning |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. 7 years of warfare, and the death toll for our troops is increasing, and the Taliban |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. great critical thinking there |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Care to elaborate |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. You're in for it, hack89....DU is absolutely lousy with brilliant military tacticians |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. you're as btg an ass as he is n/t |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. At least I know what the hell I'm talking about, Mr. Keyboard Commando |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I know more about the military than you seem to think I do |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 08:41 PM Response to Reply #35 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 09:11 PM Response to Reply #39 |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. Thank you for your service and stay safe. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
45. Why am I an ass? |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Drive-by shooting with a water pistol |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. OMG!!!!!!! |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Drip drip drip.... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. yup - that's what you are n/t |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
51. Meanwhile, crickets about Taliban stoning of women, shooting gays, burning villages, etc., etc. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. self delete |
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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Don't forget, Psephos. |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #31 |
49. Yep, today's Taliban are yesterday's Mujahadeen. n/t |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
50. The Shah was a US creation, too, but that doesn't mean he shouldn't have been yanked |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. What exactly would a "win" entail? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. hey PASSING!! |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #27 |
43. Guess that puts me in a worse war-zone than Bagdad! |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. Sure, consider the example of Pyrrhus |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Consider Normandy or Iwo Jima nt |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 09:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. Eventually history will render it's judgement. n/t |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. I agree. nt |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
46. It shows the Taliban are pulling off more complex, determined ops against the Americans. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 07:46 AM Response to Reply #46 |
54. Yep, and I was struck by the apparent isolation of this outpost when it got in trouble. nt. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
6. Oh boy. We pointlessly dumped all of our troops and resources into Iraq, and now |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
8. North? Near Pakistan? |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I suspect the fighting took place in Kunar province |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
38. That's where the Khyber pass is generally located |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
10. Death toll has increased to 9 according to AP |
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Flagg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
11. 7 years after the invasion, there are still talibans fighting and killing american soldiers ? |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
12. Took your eye off the ball back in 2003, didn't you, Georgie? |
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Tutonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Yeah now that ball has expanded into the size of a mushroom |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
13. John Pilger: "The good war is a bad war" |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. The 9/11 conspirators were based in Germany |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
19. 9 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan, Official Says |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. * White House took their eye off the ball in Afghanistan and should |
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CherokeeDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. If only the Dems in Congress had join the Impeachment ... |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Oh, look |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
32. I imagine their will be massive U.S. air bombardment in retaliation |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 06:48 AM Response to Reply #32 |
52. Any wedding plans should be immediately put on hold. |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
37. Must have stumpled into a strech of real estate they really don't want these foot patrols near |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
53. Today's BBC News link to what actually happened |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
55. Taliban fighters storm US base |
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