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Middle East

Ruby the Liberal

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1. I can't imagine how anyone could have thought this would turn out any differently.

Reply to azurnoir (Original post)

Thu Mar 1, 2012, 02:56 PM

Mar 2012

The 10 year Russian war ended the same. Vietghanistan.

My impression (and I could be wrong), but we did have the Afghanistan people "with" us at one point, impression being that they didn't want Bin Laden and Company hanging out putting targets all over their country. Yet, rather than go into Tora Bora and END this thing, we backed off and decided to go 'secure' the Iraqi oil fields (oh yeah, and oust Saddam Hussein) and just drug the Afghan war out for another 7 or so years.

I'd be sick and tired of us too.

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The divide between occupier and occupied (Afghanistan) [View all] azurnoir Mar 2012 OP

I can't imagine how anyone could have thought this would turn out any differently. Ruby the Liberal Mar 2012 #1

I agree what in the world are we doing there any more? azurnoir Mar 2012 #2

Well, put yer tin foil hat on for a minute Ruby the Liberal Mar 2012 #3