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Steelrolled

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50. Thank you for reminding everyone.
Sun Aug 15, 2021, 02:52 PM
Aug 2021

There was high bipartisan support. 9/11 had just happened, and we were out for revenge.

And we fairly successful in getting rid of Al-Qaeda. When we finally killed OBL, we should have started the move out.

It would have been perfect timing for Obama but he didn't take advantage of it. Huge missed opportunity.

So infuriating! Dr. Shepper Aug 2021 #1
In the end, only time. maxsolomon Aug 2021 #38
At the time, Afghanistan made a lot more sense than Iraq. But OCCUPYING a country is a mistake, Hoyt Aug 2021 #2
Yes I agree, most of the coalition countries Bev54 Aug 2021 #35
We all were for snowybirdie Aug 2021 #3
Yes, I was for it, or at least I wasn't against it. Haggard Celine Aug 2021 #14
Yeah I think many are confusing Iraq with Afghanistan. honest.abe Aug 2021 #4
nobodys confusing anything Blues Heron Aug 2021 #7
Anyone says they were against the war from the beginning. honest.abe Aug 2021 #10
Nobody's confusing the Iraq war with the Afghanistan war Blues Heron Aug 2021 #12
Did you see the link in my post. honest.abe Aug 2021 #16
Thats not confusion - those were anti war protests Blues Heron Aug 2021 #20
I was there.. the vast majority of protestors were about Iraq. honest.abe Aug 2021 #22
I think we'll just have to chalk this up to a Blues Heron Aug 2021 #23
LOL honest.abe Aug 2021 #24
LOL SmittyWerben Aug 2021 #31
Indeed. honest.abe Aug 2021 #33
Assertions rather than facts. LanternWaste Aug 2021 #73
We turned out in what numbers we could muster. Emrys Aug 2021 #52
I know there were some people against the war initially but the vast majority were not. honest.abe Aug 2021 #60
I think you're reaching with this guff about "flushing out bin Laden" Emrys Aug 2021 #65
He was flushed out of Afghanistan months after the invasion. That is a fact not guff. honest.abe Aug 2021 #66
As a justification for what was done by the Bush regime/PNAC, it IS guff. Emrys Aug 2021 #71
My only argument for justification is for the initial invasion of Afghanistan. honest.abe Aug 2021 #74
You talked about "confusion" earlier. Emrys Aug 2021 #78
You are confused about my comments. honest.abe Aug 2021 #79
I don't think so. Emrys Aug 2021 #80
Let me explain. honest.abe Aug 2021 #81
That sense of urgency didn't stretch to tackling the country that actually supplied Emrys Aug 2021 #83
That's another topic that isnt directly relevant to the issue being discussed. honest.abe Aug 2021 #84
It's actually the very root of the issue. n/t Emrys Aug 2021 #85
Nope. Many of us remembered the 9-year quagmire that was the Soviet-Afghan War. GoCubsGo Aug 2021 #41
So no need to go after Bin laden? honest.abe Aug 2021 #43
Where did I say that? GoCubsGo Aug 2021 #45
The question being discussed is were you against the war from the beginning. honest.abe Aug 2021 #46
Yes, I know what the question was. GoCubsGo Aug 2021 #47
Perhaps you are right but at the time most Americans wanted to get him and get him quickly. honest.abe Aug 2021 #61
Most Americans would have been fine if he was gotten the way they got him. GoCubsGo Aug 2021 #62
What "lies"?? honest.abe Aug 2021 #63
They lied about knowing what they were doing there. GoCubsGo Aug 2021 #67
That had nothing to do with convincing the American people of the justification for the war. honest.abe Aug 2021 #68
This message was self-deleted by its author GoCubsGo Aug 2021 #70
I was responding to your mistaken assertions. honest.abe Aug 2021 #72
9/11 had happened and revenge had to be taken. Steelrolled Aug 2021 #51
There were multiple choices. GoCubsGo Aug 2021 #53
There might have been other military options. Steelrolled Aug 2021 #55
It' wasn't the only choice. Just the most politically expedient one. GoCubsGo Aug 2021 #56
Yeah, the predictions were dire, that the US would be bogged down in Steelrolled Aug 2021 #58
WTF Skittles Aug 2021 #88
OBL and Al-Qaeda were targeted from the start. Steelrolled Aug 2021 #89
seemed to me like the focus shifted off of Bin Laden very quickly Skittles Aug 2021 #90
Yeah, the fact that we couldn't find and kill OBL was Steelrolled Aug 2021 #92
NOT ME Skittles Aug 2021 #87
9/11 was Saudi's. That's who we should have bombed SoonerPride Aug 2021 #5
That's so true. It was Saudi Arabia that financed 9/11 and Al Qaeda. Bin Laden's dad BComplex Aug 2021 #15
There were some of us opposed to the Afghanistan invasion UpInArms Aug 2021 #17
👆 This. nt crickets Aug 2021 #49
Ten years after we invaded Afghanistan. CentralMass Aug 2021 #30
Should have gone in, gotten the job done Tomconroy Aug 2021 #6
Well, to be fair, most did not know we'd be there for 20 years. MoonRiver Aug 2021 #8
I just edited in a Gallup graph Sympthsical Aug 2021 #9
And it's especially bad among Repugs. MoonRiver Aug 2021 #21
It will be the same with Trump Chainfire Aug 2021 #11
I supported the war with the Taliban, I did not support the war with Iraq, diverting troops and Shellback Squid Aug 2021 #13
+1 Mad_Machine76 Aug 2021 #28
I wanted this strictly as a police action going after a criminal. DinahMoeHum Aug 2021 #18
punishing the Taliban stopdiggin Aug 2021 #19
20 years is so long a time that people treestar Aug 2021 #25
This week I learned UnderThisLaw Aug 2021 #26
I supported it Mad_Machine76 Aug 2021 #27
Our involvement in the Soviet-Afghan war and it's aftermath lead to the power vacuum that allowed CentralMass Aug 2021 #32
I don't disagree Mad_Machine76 Aug 2021 #36
I remember Delphinus Aug 2021 #29
Compare the number of people claiming to have been at Woodstock or the Selma March MichMan Aug 2021 #34
I begrudgingly supported going after Bin Laden but if I remember right, we sent in chowder66 Aug 2021 #37
Thanks for this post. maxsolomon Aug 2021 #39
+1 honest.abe Aug 2021 #40
Kind of like the Woodstock Festival. BeckyDem Aug 2021 #42
I supported the initial attacks on the Taliban bluecollar2 Aug 2021 #44
Glad to be "six percenter." David__77 Aug 2021 #48
Thank you for reminding everyone. Steelrolled Aug 2021 #50
15 of the hijackers were Saudi, 2 from the UAR, 1 from Lebanon and 1 from Egypt. panader0 Aug 2021 #54
Well said Sunsky Aug 2021 #59
I don't know about everyone Sunsky Aug 2021 #57
necessary evil manicdem Aug 2021 #64
I may have supported it at first AZProgressive Aug 2021 #69
When we went in, I thought Bettie Aug 2021 #75
The entire affair is an excellent example of mission creep. BannonsLiver Aug 2021 #76
I have been against almost everything we have done since 1964. marie999 Aug 2021 #77
I well remember Barbara Lee being the lone vote in Congress against authorization of military force betsuni Aug 2021 #82
I was NOT among the 90% who rallied around Dubya Skittles Aug 2021 #86
Hundreds of thousands of us demonstrated against it in San Francisco lunatica Aug 2021 #91
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