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Sand Rat Expat

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28. You're wasting your time, 7962.

Reply to 7962 (Reply #15)

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 04:22 PM

Jul 2016

To some people, America and/or the West is the ultimate boogeyman, the source of all evil in the modern world. This is not a conclusion they arrived at via logic, so logic will not move them from that position.

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At least 61 dead, 207 wounded in Kabul demonstration attack [View all] muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 OP

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2016 #1

incredible - the taliban was murdering women in afganistan far before the war on terror and before MariaThinks Jul 2016 #3

No. Its easier to put all the blame on the West. 7962 Jul 2016 #4

and that enables the continued radicalization of the youth who are given mixed messages MariaThinks Jul 2016 #11

That view clearly ignores the most influential element in the violence in the ME. ronnie624 Jul 2016 #14

They've been violent forever. 7962 Jul 2016 #15

You're wasting your time, 7962. Sand Rat Expat Jul 2016 #28

i think that's an excuse to use to justify the radical muslim destruction MariaThinks Jul 2016 #33

The Costs of Violence: Masters of Mankind ronnie624 Jul 2016 #37

Operation Cyclone, ronnie624 Jul 2016 #6

when is saudi arabia, pakistan, iran, and others going to take responsibility for terrorist acts MariaThinks Jul 2016 #9

I don't know. ronnie624 Jul 2016 #12

Sorry, but no. We armed the Afghans to fight off the Soviets. That isnt an excuse for terrorism. 7962 Jul 2016 #16

The Reagan Admin. facilitated their extremism through self-serving intervention, ronnie624 Jul 2016 #20

And you didnt answer the question. 7962 Jul 2016 #24

i'll be surpised if you get a real answer to your quesiton MariaThinks Jul 2016 #34

61 people butchered by isis and your thought is that america should apologize? MariaThinks Jul 2016 #10

"ISIS" would not exist, absent US intervention. n/t ronnie624 Jul 2016 #13

isis would not exist without radical islam philosophy. MariaThinks Jul 2016 #35

Not America, no - Shrub and Cheney. forest444 Jul 2016 #21

Supported by numerous Democratic political leaders, ronnie624 Jul 2016 #22

You're right. forest444 Jul 2016 #27

Some people think the United States is the center of the universe JI7 Jul 2016 #25

Horrible, Very Sad... Stuart G Jul 2016 #2

Isis claims responsibility for Kabul blasts that killed scores of Hazara protesters muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #5

"Since Afghanistan’s civil war in the 1990s the country has largely been spared sectarian violence" daleo Jul 2016 #7

'sectarian' meaning different religious sects muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #8

According to Wiki, about 80 to 90% Sunni daleo Jul 2016 #29

You seemed to think there had already been sectarian violence muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #30

Yeah, I think there has been daleo Jul 2016 #31

Feel free to link to the reports of sectarian violence muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #32

Here are some links daleo Jul 2016 #36

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2016 #17

Absolutely terrifying, horrifying. +1, I agree. uppityperson Jul 2016 #19

For the Victims of the Afghan and Iraq Wars... raffaction Jul 2016 #18

Oh fuck, not again - this is all so horrible. LeftishBrit Jul 2016 #23

bummer, man 6chars Jul 2016 #26

Senseless Rustyeye77 Jul 2016 #38