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In reply to the discussion: Please educate me on the rationality of the new Afghan...US Pact proposal [View all]CFLDem
(2,083 posts)38. Because if we don't stay
Al-Qaeda will just rebuild shop as soon as we leave. And let's face it, we half assed the war by not rooting them out of Waziristan and wherever else they happen to reside.
This is probably because the MIC has figured out as long we don't totally defeat them, we can keep the jig up in perpetuity.
It is what it is. Fact is this country empire is inextricably built upon war. Millions of Americans depend upon its existence.
War is good money, and that's all that matters.
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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