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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 10:37 PM Original message |
Well, despite achieving our stated goal of getting rid of bin Laden, we're not leaving Afghanistan |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. How do we ensure the Taliban won't take control of Afghanistan, again? |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 10:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I don't think we should be the police of the world. We can't afford it. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
29. It's not policing Afghanistan for the world. It's preventing the same thing from happening again. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 10:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Well, first of all, it doesn't matter when we leave, |
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akbacchus_BC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 12:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. That is not your problem! Who voted the US to police the world? Leave people |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. wait, i thought the original point was that al qaeda was in afghanistan. so confused. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 09:27 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. AQ was part of the Taliban, joined at the hip. You couldn't tell one from the other... |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. Getting OBL was not the only goal of going into Afghanistan. nt |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 10:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. I don't think it was even the major goal of going into Afghanistan. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 12:21 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Well, had they only agreed to the Unocal deal, they would have |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. Damn! |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. Ah media spin. Here is what Kerry said |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 10:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Thank you for reinforcing my point |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 10:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Kerry's point was a series of questions |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 10:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. No, but you knew that, |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:27 AM Response to Reply #5 |
27. sorry, i don't see any real difference. |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. Maybe this will extend the war another 2 years |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 10:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. The minimum timeline is that we'll be out by 2014 |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 01:04 AM Response to Reply #9 |
22. Was. As I said below, the newly acquired multiple hard drives & flash disks are going to help speed |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:20 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. What makes you think that? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
13. We have a schedule. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. What's the schedule? |
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akbacchus_BC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
15. Wake up, the US will never leave Afghanistan nor Iraq but the US |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
18. Admitting we lost another war takes courage. Something sadly lacking in politicians. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
19. Well, we killed Sadam in 2006 and we still have troops in Iraq. |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
20. As much as I'd love to disagree, you're right on the money MadHound. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
21. President Obama to Al Qaeda: We Will Disrupt, Dismantle, Defeat You |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:54 AM Response to Original message |
23. According to MSN, Presidents ratings on how he's handling Afghanistan likely to skyrocket |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 04:22 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. In 1991, bu$h Sr. was riding the waves |
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