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Doctor_J

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6. Let's see...Afghanistan vs. Italy...are those anything like each other...

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #5)

Mon Dec 29, 2014, 11:28 PM

Dec 2014

Nope! Maybe we should ask the soldiers if they would like to trade places.

Aside from the fact that they should ALL be home, your comparison of Rome to Kabul is ridiculous

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US 'Formally' Ends 'War' in Afghanistan. Troops Respond: [View all] grahamhgreen Dec 2014 OP

The only good thing about this statement is that Obama wasn't wearing a flight suit with a sock in Agnosticsherbet Dec 2014 #1

And what did the ones stationed in Germany, Italy, Japan, and Korea say? jberryhill Dec 2014 #2

Same motherf#ckin thing. Plus, why don't we fix our own problems first? grahamhgreen Dec 2014 #3

Probably nothing. So what? Doctor_J Dec 2014 #4

Our wars in those places ended some time ago jberryhill Dec 2014 #5

Let's see...Afghanistan vs. Italy...are those anything like each other... Doctor_J Dec 2014 #6

he's right. see post #10 uhnope Dec 2014 #11

this bizarre talking point again. jesus christ. m-lekktor Dec 2014 #8

It's not a "talking point" it's basic reality: troops in a place does not equal war continuing uhnope Dec 2014 #10

Tell that to the Taliban who continue the war in Afghanistan neverforget Dec 2014 #12

Maybe because it's their country, we attacked them. Like Japan attacked us. grahamhgreen Dec 2014 #13

By "their country", you mean the Taliban? jberryhill Dec 2014 #22

I mean - not ours. grahamhgreen Dec 2014 #32

I beg your pardon? jberryhill Dec 2014 #15

Why? We can't really afford it, can we? grahamhgreen Dec 2014 #17

I have not the foggiest idea, Graham jberryhill Dec 2014 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author Jeff Rosenzweig Dec 2014 #24

Are people in those counties trying to kill American troops? former9thward Dec 2014 #19

I can't speak for everyone in Afghanistan jberryhill Dec 2014 #20

Americans are not stationed in N. Korea. former9thward Dec 2014 #25

" You really think being stationed in Afghanistan has the same danger level as Germany?" jberryhill Dec 2014 #26

" And what did the ones stationed in Germany, Italy, Japan, and Korea say?" former9thward Dec 2014 #27

No, I am observing that there are troops in many places where we are not pursuing an active war jberryhill Dec 2014 #28

That they're not in war zones? LittleBlue Dec 2014 #23

When our plane flew out of Vietnam, we let out a collective/spontaneous cheer. n/t UTUSN Dec 2014 #7

the war did not end, it will go on and on ...nt quadrature Dec 2014 #9

it's so this accomplishment can be added to THE LIST Skittles Dec 2014 #14

The latest act in the foreign policy kabuki theater KG Dec 2014 #16

The U.S. may have ended the 'war' she wanted to fight. But the Afghan Resistance (aka KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #21

pretty much. grahamhgreen Dec 2014 #31

my great-uncle was ineuro[pe long after WW2 ended. and that was a clear win. pansypoo53219 Dec 2014 #29

We lost. Get out. Get over it. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2014 #30