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Thu Dec-03-09 12:55 AM
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Poll: Do you Support the War in Afghanistan? |
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would like to do a quick 'show of hands' (or maybe someone can do a proper poll) to gauge where my DU friends are at right now.
simple yes/no in the title is enough but feel free to elaborate if you care to.
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put me down as, HELL no.
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Thu Dec-03-09 12:58 AM
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Thu Dec-03-09 12:59 AM
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2. The short answer is no. The long answer is... |
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Thu Dec-03-09 03:27 AM
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37. I'm against all the corporate welfare plans. Let 'em work for a living. n/t |
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Thu Dec-03-09 01:00 AM
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3. Yes & No...someone has to clean up the mess, I think that was the* plan. |
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Thu Dec-03-09 01:07 AM
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9. the best laid plans of mice and men... |
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Thu Dec-03-09 01:02 AM
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5. Not without a draft so I have a chance to burn my card |
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Thu Dec-03-09 01:03 AM
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We are at war. What do we do now?
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Thu Dec-03-09 02:49 AM
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Only Congress has the right to declare war.
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Thu Dec-03-09 06:36 AM
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And, to further clarify, war means when one principality or another actually waves a white flag of surrender.
Got to have two parties or more such that one of them can say, "We quit."
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Thu Dec-03-09 01:05 AM
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Thu Dec-03-09 01:06 AM
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8. No. But I do favor single payer health insurance, Private insurance is a rip off and so is the war. |
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Thu Dec-03-09 01:08 AM
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12. You are so right!!! nt |
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Thu Dec-03-09 01:08 AM
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11. The question is too simple |
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Did I support the war after the attack in 2001?
During the 7 years the Bush administration ignored Afghanistan like a red-headed child?
Do I support Obama's troop escalation?
Do I support his time line?
I can give you answers to all those questions and more but in none of them will you find a simple "yes" or "no".
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Thu Dec-03-09 01:10 AM
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Because I am absolutely certain that that absolute mess cannot and will never be 'cleaned' by anyone.
And no amount of insults against pacifists on DU will change that. (I never thought I'd type that here.)
I'll hate to post told-you-so replies in June 2011 here but there's nothing I can do to prevent the upcoming un-necessary casualties.
What a waste. Bring the boys 'n girls back home. And I mean it.
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Thu Dec-03-09 01:12 AM
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14. Yes, if you mean do I support the president's decision. |
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I think we should have gone in there in 2001. This is different than Iraq.
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Thu Dec-03-09 01:14 AM
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18. +1 Different from Iraq, different from Viet Nam... |
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An unfortunate circumstance born of bush, to be managed for better or worse by Obama.
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Thu Dec-03-09 01:43 AM
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23. So, have you given any thought to actually getting personally involved? Or will |
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you just let someone else put their ass on the line?
Because there really is a need for experienced architects on the ground in Afghanistan. 50 is young. They have people in their 60s doing duty in these wars.
You could be so much more than just a cheer leader.
What do you think? Are you ready to do some community service? Some public service? Or is this just a rerun of the young Republicans except on the other side of the aisle?
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Thu Dec-03-09 02:03 AM
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26. I already do public and community service. I might just do more. |
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Yes, I have given it thought.
The cheerleader epithet doesn't help your case.
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Thu Dec-03-09 01:12 AM
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15. I supported it as originally conceived, but not now. |
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The first year was a great success. Why? Because we only had a few hundred guys helping rival tribes fight the Taliban. Well, that and the air power that they directed.
And what happened? It was a great success. The Taliban was toppled.
We should have then left. Now we have become and occupying power, and we will fail there like all previous occupying powers.
I'd have to think that the average Afghan most look at all the troops of different nations running around and think "WTF are these people doing here, anyway"?
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Thu Dec-03-09 01:18 AM
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22. No. I'm a pacifist. It's time to find solutions other than war. nt |
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Thu Dec-03-09 01:43 AM
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24. Few things are simple. War is usually not one of them. Grow the fuck up. |
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Thu Dec-03-09 02:39 AM
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29. Hell to the fucking no |
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Thu Dec-03-09 02:40 AM
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31. Obama's speech was persuasive, but I will wait to see what happens |
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in reality. Obama always gives good speeches. This one showed a deep understanding of the situation in Afghanistan, clear goals and a timetable for withdrawal. We shall see . . . . .
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40. NO. The first autobiography I ever read was Gandhi's. n/t |
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All war is WRONG! And UNNECESSARY!
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Thu Dec-03-09 06:43 AM
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43. Not it or any offensive war. |
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do you care for Afghan women? do you care for freedom of Pakistani girls & women? do you care for Afghan being a 21st century democracy rather than a 7th century backward society? do you care for increasing world's safety? do you care to disrupt & destroy world's No. 1 terrorism spreading center? do you care to prove AQ wrong?
that's the question that you are asking ...
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do you care for Afghan women? do you care for freedom of Pakistani girls & women? do you care for Afghan being a 21st century democracy rather than a 7th century backward society? do you care for increasing world's safety? do you care to disrupt & destroy world's No. 1 terrorism spreading center? do you care to prove AQ wrong?
that's the question that you are asking ...
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Thu Dec-03-09 07:17 AM
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It seems like Obama lied.... I'm starting to think that he and McCain were one in the same.
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Thu Dec-03-09 07:27 AM
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I don't support a drain on our economy nor the taking of countless lives.
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Thu Dec-03-09 08:08 AM
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51. Hell no. Not now, not then, not ever. nt |
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Fri Dec-04-09 07:35 PM
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53. now this is the DU I know |
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Fri Dec-04-09 07:42 PM
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54. I support our president and his judgement. So, yes. |
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Fri Dec-04-09 07:55 PM
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55. at least your are honest |
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but that is a pretty lame justification for a political discussion board.
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