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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 09:19 PM Original message |
Poll question: Why are US troops in Afghanistan? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. Pre- or post- idiot son? nt |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. What's our excuse NOW? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Good point. I wish the reasoning would be explained, and what this |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Feingold is asking Obama to set a strategy. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. They're searching for the "light at the end of the tunnel". ,,again. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. The only oil in Afghanistan is imported cooking oil, in tin cans, mostly. NT |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 09:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Not oil - natural gas |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 09:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. I know, but apparently a lot of people here think there's oil in Afghanistan, based |
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Monk06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 11:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
39. It's about oil and NG. Karzai was employed by UNICOL before he |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-19-09 09:48 AM Response to Reply #39 |
53. UNOCAL...? Do they have a piece of Uzbeki oil production? |
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Monk06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-19-09 06:51 PM Response to Reply #53 |
62. Wiki on Unocal ...... |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-19-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
63. Except for that pipeline my friend who's now in the IVAW guarded for 3 weeks. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-20-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. Wasn't that NG, though? Or was it a not-yet-used oil one? nt |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. Getting bin Laden really should be on this poll. That's not just "other" |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Except nobody really thinks he's in Afghanistan, if he's even alive. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 09:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Duh, different admin, and that was Obama's goal. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 09:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. There seems to be a consensus that he is in Pakistan. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 09:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I'm trying to imagine bin Laden being dead and Bush not taking credit for it |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 09:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. No kidding. nt |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 09:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Undeterred is right that bin Laden isn't in Afghanistan. He's in Pakistan. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I just wonder how many Taliban are there, and could we ever |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Afghanistan, Graveyard of Empires n/t |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. It's not a finite number. In WW2 the allies killed only a fraction of the nazis |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Thoughtful post, thanks. But who does this sound like? |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. We agree on the "sick of war" part. We agree with Patton, Sherman, Ike, Washington... |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-19-09 12:28 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Should we be the ones to stabilize Afghanistan when |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-19-09 12:48 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Well, I think the US Army, even under Bush, is quite different from the Soviets |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-19-09 02:58 AM Response to Reply #24 |
48. There's two different groups of Taliban. One is Afghani and one is Pakistani. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Bingo. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-19-09 07:42 AM Response to Reply #22 |
50. So, in the 80s we were apparently there to fund and arm fundy whackjobs |
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mahatmakanejeeves (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Please, |
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rgbecker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. And what makes you so sure Bin Laden is not already got? |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. If they already "got" bin Laden, Bush would've been crowing about it |
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rebecca_herman (494 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-19-09 12:45 AM Response to Reply #18 |
43. Assumption would be he died of natural causes |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-19-09 07:45 AM Response to Reply #18 |
51. Not if it was just a reasonable guess with no concrete proof |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 11:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
37. You're forgetting about the guy who first recruited him & trained him |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-19-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
66. He's been dead for awhile, |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. Opium is far more profitable than oil. nt |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 09:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. And heroin more profitable than opium. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 10:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
35. Which is why it seems quite clear that the drug trade goes on ONLY . . . |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-19-09 12:14 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. We think alike.. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-19-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #40 |
55. Saving Iran from the drugs coming from Afghanistan |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-19-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Doesn't it just gall to be thought of as STUPID? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-19-09 10:35 PM Response to Reply #40 |
67. As long as they can use it to raise FEARS ... |
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rgbecker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
8. Great Job Undeterred...... |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
9. To lose a war. |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. To add a client-state for our foreign policy.... |
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marylanddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
21. I have no fucking idea. I think we need to bail. It is stupid. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
25. I answered C |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
27. Dog and Pony Show? Snipe Hunt? Boondoggle? ClusterF**k? |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
30. I've gone to great lengths to explain why I think we're still there... |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
31. anyone who supports this fucking occupation |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-19-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
59. Exactly. n/t |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
33. At this point....who the hell knows? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-18-09 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
34. Good poll -- I voted OIL, but also my vote would be for Opium . . . . |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-19-09 02:49 AM Response to Reply #34 |
47. There's a lot of misinformation about the role of the Taliban. |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-19-09 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
42. It's not why, but they are killing many civilians-and fueling hatred of Americans |
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Mr. Hyde (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-19-09 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
45. so we can say "we won" basically. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-19-09 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
46. Pipelines, Drugs, Arms Sales, Client-State for US Imperialism, MICC |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-19-09 07:00 PM Response to Reply #46 |
65. You forgot for "honor", "dignity", and "freedom", and "the American way..." |
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smalll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-19-09 03:20 AM Response to Original message |
49. Honestly - why are they there now -- why are we sending more? -- Campaign-season TRIANGULATION. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-19-09 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
52. Conveniently facile revenge. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-19-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Revenge against who? |
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donco (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-19-09 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
56. It must be because we want to keep an eye on Pakistan…wait, |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-19-09 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
57. To "control" opium production |
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Fireweed247 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-19-09 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
60. because that bastard McCain won't tell us where bin laden is |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-19-09 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
61. What oil? nt |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-19-09 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
64. To ensure the opium trade continues and to get the oil. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-19-09 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
68. Because of 911 we chose to strike back at somebody |
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