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In reply to the discussion: Please educate me on the rationality of the new Afghan...US Pact proposal [View all]Scuba
(53,475 posts)1. Long-term revenue stream for the MIC.
That's the only "rational" reason for staying.
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Blus4u
Nov 2013
OP
And of course our one and only option is .... military. No one could have predicted that.
Scuba
Nov 2013
#19
And as I suggested in my reply to you above, we chose continued military involvement ....
Scuba
Nov 2013
#20
No wonder Iran is deemed a threat. Look how they put their country right in the middle of our bases.
Scuba
Nov 2013
#8
Not even if you give them the F-16s demanded by the kidnappers of Daniel Pearl. nt
Ace Acme
Nov 2013
#39
The UN has no military. They authorize members to fight for them. Only the Security Council can
Agnosticsherbet
Nov 2013
#41
Now I know the speach you were talking about. unfortunately, not one item of he speach was
Agnosticsherbet
Nov 2013
#43
He proposed total disarmament, he proposed a joint USSR/USA moon landing, he pledged
Ace Acme
Nov 2013
#52
That Democrats are so quick to validate Republican mistakes is quite dismaying. nt
Ace Acme
Nov 2013
#24
There is nothing new about the USA keeping some troops in Afghanistan until 2024.
bluestate10
Nov 2013
#47