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Thu Oct 15, 2015, 04:13 PM

Oct 2015

Way past time!

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Enough. Enough. Enough enough FUCKING ENOUGH. [View all] NuclearDem Oct 2015 OP

Absolutely! marym625 Oct 2015 #1

Damn right! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 #2

More than fucking enough. What the fuck are we gaining? Autumn Oct 2015 #3

KnR! n/t Admiral Loinpresser Oct 2015 #4

I agree. And we should also talk about the unnecessary damage and lives we have taken overseas!!!! darkangel218 Oct 2015 #5

Some are making big $$$$$'s with the MIC with death, destruction and rebuilding. It's gross RKP5637 Oct 2015 #6

Why do you hate President Obama? tularetom Oct 2015 #7

This isn't just about President Obama. NuclearDem Oct 2015 #9

Actually I could not agree more tularetom Oct 2015 #13

I got your point, tularetom Skittles Oct 2015 #17

Probably not going to end until 2naSalit Oct 2015 #8

I Like What You Are Saying About Young People Stopping To Enlist.... global1 Oct 2015 #14

A casualty of raising the minimum wage? sorechasm Oct 2015 #23

I doubt it would work passiveporcupine Oct 2015 #25

I do ponder this 2naSalit Oct 2015 #33

Tuition-free college will be a big driver in lowering enlistment numbers.. Volaris Oct 2015 #48

College is too expensive and there are no more blue-collar jobs to go to. HughBeaumont Oct 2015 #52

I don't believe that would do it. bvar22 Oct 2015 #62

The draft link Roy Rolling Oct 2015 #71

I approve of this message. Rex Oct 2015 #10

I think it may be a counter ploy to the Russian move in Syria. kentuck Oct 2015 #11

Or because if the "situation" in Afghanistan goes any further downhill, panader0 Oct 2015 #18

reasoned the same, kentuck hopemountain Oct 2015 #30

If it were left to me I would let Russia see if they can handle jwirr Oct 2015 #40

...and we have done so well in the Middle East. bvar22 Oct 2015 #65

<10k soldiers IS hopemountain Oct 2015 #70

Since you claim to "know" the history of Afghanistan, bvar22 Oct 2015 #72

none that i know of. hopemountain Oct 2015 #73

"the us has neither invaded nor occupied their government"...???!!!! bvar22 Oct 2015 #74

Mohammad Ashraf Ghani is the elected President of Afghanistan... EX500rider Oct 2015 #75

We WERE talking history. bvar22 Oct 2015 #77

7,947,527 people voted...the guy they selected won...sounds like a democracy to me. EX500rider Oct 2015 #78

Yeah...there are no US Tanks in Afghanistan, bvar22 Oct 2015 #80

"High turnout in Afghanistan elections." EX500rider Oct 2015 #81

Well GOOD!!! bvar22 Oct 2015 #82

ENOUGH- ruffburr Oct 2015 #12

Agreed lpbk2713 Oct 2015 #15

Hillary would certainly continue playing USA as "World Policeman" Cosmic Kitten Oct 2015 #16

I posted this to another thread. Plucketeer Oct 2015 #19

Kicked and recommended to the Max! Enthusiast Oct 2015 #20

K&Rnt stage left Oct 2015 #21

"People are fungible. You can have them here or there." - Rummy Brother Buzz Oct 2015 #22

Where did you dig up that 'Skelator' as Rumsfeld photo? sorechasm Oct 2015 #29

KnR SammyWinstonJack Oct 2015 #24

Stop the war machine. Start waging peace. Dont call me Shirley Oct 2015 #26

Enough with the deployments, enough with the wars of corporate convenience, Warpy Oct 2015 #27

But... but Cameroon has oil and "substantial mineral resources" arcane1 Oct 2015 #28

+1000 smirkymonkey Oct 2015 #31

First Home Gonzalo Oct 2015 #32

Exactly what you just said. retrowire Oct 2015 #34

Ab-so-lutely... Thespian2 Oct 2015 #35

kick midnight Oct 2015 #36

Institute a draft and the war will end. Blue_In_AK Oct 2015 #37

well the last war "ended" by the draft took 58K MisterP Oct 2015 #42

I understand that, Blue_In_AK Oct 2015 #43

We would be less likely to go to war on a whim as we do now. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #58

we went from 100,000 troops to 10,000 today. Now plan is down to 5k instead of 1k Sunlei Oct 2015 #38

CNN Punx Oct 2015 #39

k&r avaistheone1 Oct 2015 #41

K&R. JDPriestly Oct 2015 #44

Correct flamingdem Oct 2015 #45

Fund the schools and the soldiers but let the military contractors do bake sales. KentuckyWoman Oct 2015 #46

+1 Enthusiast Oct 2015 #59

The only reason they hate us is because we are propping up oppressive regimes.... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2015 #47

Putin wouldn't do that--unlike American hacks, Russians learn their history Demeter Oct 2015 #49

Is this satire? randome Oct 2015 #50

Syria attacked Russia? I must've missed that headline. NuclearDem Oct 2015 #54

Tell the people in Crimea that Putin isn't empire building. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2015 #55

The People of Crimea told you so, themselves Demeter Oct 2015 #56

The ones he's killed? Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2015 #57

Have you verification? A link? Demeter Oct 2015 #61

Okay, I see, you're going to go THERE. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2015 #64

Proud to be the 200th like. HughBeaumont Oct 2015 #51

To them we're expendible deutsey Oct 2015 #53

You know the irony? Joe Biden's son Beau went Demeter Oct 2015 #63

I actually thought of him when I wrote this deutsey Oct 2015 #67

K and R bigwillq Oct 2015 #60

The entire World would breathe a sigh of relief... bvar22 Oct 2015 #66

More than 10 years--at least 150! Demeter Oct 2015 #68

It's crazy that DocMac Oct 2015 #69

We need to take the lead in things like creating peace rather than war... Kalidurga Oct 2015 #76

We have always been at war with Eastasia. Glassunion Oct 2015 #79