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TwilightGardener

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1. To be fair, I think it's been settled in most Americans' minds that the war is

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Wed Aug 22, 2012, 02:31 PM

Aug 2012

coming to an end. It's not controversial--Repubs aren't arguing to extend it (like McCrazy did with Iraq in 2008), there's no pro-war and anti-war debate anymore. Everyone's just waiting for it to be over now. That doesn't mean that people don't take note of the troop losses that are still happening.

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AMERICANS TUNE OUT AFGHAN WAR AS FIGHTING RAGES ON [View all] xchrom Aug 2012 OP

To be fair, I think it's been settled in most Americans' minds that the war is TwilightGardener Aug 2012 #1

Precisely. And nothing has changed in Afghanistan... CabCurious Aug 2012 #3

We spend trillions on defense - what are we defending? Initech Aug 2012 #2

The GOP don't dare bring attention to either of those points. CabCurious Aug 2012 #4

Welcome to 5 minute attention span theater. AKA the US media Peepsite Aug 2012 #5

Afghan war costs 2 trillion+ and killed 2000+..... squirrel!!!! Initech Aug 2012 #6