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cali

(114,904 posts) Sat Jan 18, 2014, 07:59 AM Jan 2014

How is Afghanistan better for it? And yes, that includes women. How is the U.S. better or safer? Who benefited?

It was stupid- at best.

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What good did the Afganistan surge do? Anyone? [View all] cali Jan 2014 OP

It made Dick Cheney richer. Lasher Jan 2014 #1

That's about it. hobbit709 Jan 2014 #2

Absolutely nothing. think Jan 2014 #3

The Afghanistan surge did something for these companies SkatmanRoth Jan 2014 #4

thanks for that list cali Jan 2014 #5

+1000 theHandpuppet Jan 2014 #13

^^^^this^^^^ L0oniX Jan 2014 #17

^^^^^This is the correct answer.^^^^^^ woo me with science Jan 2014 #20

Hi, ET cali Jan 2014 #8

Come all ye defenders, come all ye supporters sans reservations cali Jan 2014 #7

The poppy fields are flourishing now. WinkyDink Jan 2014 #9

It kept a bunch of people employed for a while. CFLDem Jan 2014 #10

But what of the surging freedom that has spread across the land? Egalitarian Thug Jan 2014 #11

I know, right? I must be a racist to criticize the surge. cali Jan 2014 #12

It was a PR stunt that flopped. Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2014 #14

MIC stock holders are happy. L0oniX Jan 2014 #15

Nothing we have done in Afghanistan has benefited anyone MineralMan Jan 2014 #18

You are absolutely right, MM. It's not just the surge. cali Jan 2014 #21

Diverted yet more money to the military industrial complex bobduca Jan 2014 #19