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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 11:56 AM Original message |
Dem congressman: Afghanistan conflict 'not a winnable war' |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well, no duh! What was your first clue? Collapse of Alexander? |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 12:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. +1 |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 05:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
44. Hey Nice War Obama |
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Michigan-Arizona (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 12:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Thank you well stated n/t |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 12:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. LOL - this was "LBN" like 200 years ago... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. Dobn't forget Cyrus the Great, he was killed whine fighting there. |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I also forgot that Genghis Khan had to make a deal with the Afghans, |
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corkhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. Corkhead DU Poster: "Water is wet" |
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Mhak (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. We're not trying to win it militarily... |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 12:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Mean While |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 12:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Plus we're forcing National HC on them. Wow big punishment, right? |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. +1 |
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Mhak (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Completely fair retort. |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 01:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. There were no Afghani's or Iraq's on those planes 9-11 |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 02:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Indeed.... |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 02:33 AM Response to Reply #16 |
41. Iraq and Afghanistan are two different wars |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 01:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. one of the most ignorant posts i've seen here.. |
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Mhak (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Ugh, I didn't mean to imply there were Afghanis on the plane on 9/11 |
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tpsbmam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. No, Americans don't kill each other via jihad -- don't need to. The powers that be kill far more |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 11:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
35. Don't be so certain, Mhak |
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soryang (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 12:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. It's the old "White man's burden" |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 01:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. This begs the questions: |
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Mhak (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 04:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. No, that's not why we invaded. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 12:59 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. I use a lot of sarcasm, so maybe I should make it clear I'm not being sarcastic: |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 10:46 AM Response to Reply #26 |
48. We are never leaving Afghanistan... |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #26 |
49. Those who convince you to believe absurdities |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. There are large hydrocarbon reserves around the Caspian Sea, |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. No. Also, typical use of the false "we." |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
33. I hope you are right, Mhak. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 01:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
43. I don't agree that Muslims want to fight America to get a better life. |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. Not so fast. We're bringing in a new weapon - TANKS! |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 12:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. We should have thought of that sooner. |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
14. ya think? |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
21. Ahh! A Moran That Got A Brain! FINALLY! |
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FlyByNight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
24. MICC uber alles |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
25. The No shit, weekend award winner. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
27. Well ain't he a bright one. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. And your sarcasm is supposed to signify what? |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 01:25 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. You thought that was sarcasm? |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 01:29 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Okay, we're fine. And you certainly have a point. |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
28. 8 billion a month, but no one talks about that. |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 05:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
45. Pissing Away $$$$$ in the bank accounts of Millionaires |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
29. No shit. I just wish Obama recognized that. |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
34. Moran's got a brain! |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
36. no one has won anything in afghanistan. rough terrain. poverty |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 01:16 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. We made it that way. Well, not the terrain, but the rest. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 01:25 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. yeah, i didnt mean to say that afghanis cant rule afghanistan |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 06:49 AM Response to Reply #37 |
47. BOMBED THEM BACK TO THE STONE AGE |
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Synicus Maximus (828 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-05-10 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
46. I though we have know that for years |
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