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In reply to the discussion: Please Think Back on When and Why We Went to Afghanistan [View all]musclecar6
(1,884 posts)122. I also
Totally agree. We have in our country the same crowd of right wing SOBs that want to operate just like the Taliban. All out for themselves and fuck everybody else and women are treated like property. We are so saintly in this country with all of our good intentions because although there are plenty of us that think that way we also have an element of assholes who wanna roll back the clock and we go back to the way things were with slaves and women with no rights or votes etc.
Fortunately in the last election we had enough votes to vote out the Hitler wanna be and his merry band of insurrectionists, like thinkers etc, and hopefully will continue to make progress in the future. It will be a never ending struggle good versus evil the same for us as it is for all the other countries of the world.
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All true, but my heart goes out to all of the service men and women who died for a
Firestorm49
Aug 2021
#4
Understood but Army staff schooling impressed on me the principle of sunk costs.
TomSlick
Aug 2021
#80
A reprersentative photo of the "nation builders" themselves; the "unitary executive" branch.
Evolve Dammit
Aug 2021
#82
What I remember are groups of people wearing camo and standing at stop lights waving flags and
jalan48
Aug 2021
#11
I'm sure part of why we were there so long is because everyone knew it would look like this
Sapient Donkey
Aug 2021
#124
"Congress unanimously agreed and voted to approve the Authorization for Military Force Resolution"
BumRushDaShow
Aug 2021
#118
lots of people still believe an operation as complex 9-11 was conceieved & controlled
KG
Aug 2021
#18
She must know that as of now, that progress is over. Back to the dark ages for all still there.
Evolve Dammit
Aug 2021
#87
There was a point in the history of Afghanistan when Buddhist temples were the norm.
littlemissmartypants
Aug 2021
#56
Al-Qaeda is still there and killing bin Laden was for revenge, it did not destroy al-Qaeda.
marie999
Aug 2021
#131
And think back to when the PNAC advocated an "imperial America" with an "imperial President"...
CaptainTruth
Aug 2021
#75
Agreed on all points. However, we could have done better on the withdrawal.
cayugafalls
Aug 2021
#78
Reagan was giving them weapons to fight the Soviets before I was even born
IronLionZion
Aug 2021
#84
I have every confidence that President Gore would have sent troops in as well...
brooklynite
Aug 2021
#91
Who sent troops to Afghanistan in the first place? ... Those who said we'd be out in a few
mzmolly
Aug 2021
#92
Not really...Kabul had some modern offices and women wearing modern dresses...
EX500rider
Aug 2021
#139
There wasn't any reason to attack Iraq unless you want to invade every country
marie999
Aug 2021
#133