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100 Views in ! minute and 52 seconds Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #1
You should know by now that sort of thing happens all the time. A HERETIC I AM Aug 2021 #41
Oh FFS. cilla4progress Aug 2021 #2
Ok..what do YOU want to happen? Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #3
Really, like cilla4progress Aug 2021 #4
I think we agree. Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #5
Why can't we do bombing runs cilla4progress Aug 2021 #6
I dont know Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #16
OK... what solution YOU propose? LanternWaste Aug 2021 #21
See post#18 in this thread. Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #22
Post 18 is irrelevant to the question I asked. LanternWaste Aug 2021 #23
Well, in this situation , there are no guarantees. Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #26
+1 CrispyQ Aug 2021 #7
Agree...abandoning them isn't right Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #14
Why did she self deport to Canada? left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 #10
We were at the airport, sending her back home to cilla4progress Aug 2021 #12
My god they must have planned for this cilla4progress Aug 2021 #8
Suffering from this withdrawal is and will be immense andym Aug 2021 #9
Agreed. cilla4progress Aug 2021 #11
Agreed... we really should change direction. Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #15
What do you want to do? Re-invade Afghanistan? Twenty more years? panader0 Aug 2021 #17
You're mistaken. Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #18
OMT Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #19
If we haven't been able to "save" Afghanistan in 20 years then when will we? totodeinhere Aug 2021 #27
How much do you want a foreign army occupying the US? panader0 Aug 2021 #31
I guess I'm a bleeding heart. Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #32
Hey man, I'm a bleeding heart too. panader0 Aug 2021 #33
Peace to you. Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #34
Your strategy will only work if we decide to stay in Afghanistan forever and if we decide totodeinhere Aug 2021 #24
The alternative isn't only staying in Afghanistan forever andym Aug 2021 #35
The British failed in Afghanistan. The Russians failed on Afghanistan. totodeinhere Aug 2021 #36
Past history does not predict future results andym Aug 2021 #37
It's not such a weak argument. totodeinhere Aug 2021 #38
Cmon ...that's not necessary. Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #40
A full committee hearing in the coming weeks sounds like it's too late, to me. secondwind Aug 2021 #13
Menendez was right Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #20
It is not within our ability to "save" that country unless we decide to stay there forever. totodeinhere Aug 2021 #25
I respectfully disagree. Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #28
Well then maybe you should volunteer to go over there. totodeinhere Aug 2021 #29
Let them defend their own country Thrill Aug 2021 #30
It's over. BlueIdaho Aug 2021 #39
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