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Who are we fighting in Afghanistan? [View all] Octafish Dec 2015 OP

It's a conspiracy. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2015 #1

That's what Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler, USMC (ret.) wrote. Octafish Dec 2015 #6

I'm not psychic so much as you are predictable. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2015 #18

You missed my point, then. Octafish Dec 2015 #19

I think the arc of history bends towards chaos. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2015 #22

You got it. You know who else really understands ''Realpolitik''? Octafish Dec 2015 #51

Game, Set and Match. CanSocDem Dec 2015 #65

Yeah, that's fascinating. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2015 #98

Maybe tied to the JFK shooting?? nt Logical Dec 2015 #84

The same people - those who profit - work for war. Octafish Dec 2015 #88

You're not able to answer the question. DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2015 #78

No question was asked. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2015 #95

So why don't you follow your own advice? Octafish Jan 2016 #121

Sorry, I may get an alert for this but it just seems to me 7wo7rees Jan 2016 #129

I guess you haven't an answer either. . . .n/t annabanana Dec 2015 #87

As a rule, I only provide answers to questions asked in earnest. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2015 #96

Please provide an answer to the question posed in the OP: Who are we fighting in Afganistan. nt ChisolmTrailDem Jan 2016 #128

We're fighting the POPPY MANUFACTURES....WE WANT TO CONTROL THE HEROIN TRADE AS ALWAYS! ViseGrip Jan 2016 #126

. Wilms Dec 2015 #2

You converted me into a Monkees fan. Octafish Dec 2015 #11

from the Ministry of Truth? Downwinder Dec 2015 #20

We've always been at pre-emptive war with Eurasia. Octafish Dec 2015 #21

Did Shrub spill the beans with his comment Downwinder Dec 2015 #27

Adam Curtis doc for the BBC... GreatGazoo Dec 2015 #40

Historical note: I think the comment to which you allude came, non from Shrub, but from KingCharlemagne Dec 2015 #92

Brown people mwrguy Dec 2015 #3

Brown people are ottomanitacally enemy. Octafish Dec 2015 #12

You know whose side we're on in Afghanistan? The "brown people", as you beautifully put it muriel_volestrangler Dec 2015 #23

Which bad guys? Octafish Dec 2015 #33

Your memory is apalling muriel_volestrangler Dec 2015 #34

I wish I could forget the time Obama repeated Bush line Taliban never offered up bin laden. Octafish Dec 2015 #61

This is correct. n/t Ghost Dog Dec 2015 #67

Waste of time. Rex Dec 2015 #38

You should see what they're planning for the Home Front. Octafish Dec 2015 #62

A lot of Afghans don't like their government. CJCRANE Dec 2015 #76

While its most certainly a position of some in the right... Docreed2003 Dec 2015 #35

The Brown People bigwillq Dec 2015 #4

Why would Obama fight people because they are brown?? GummyBearz Dec 2015 #5

Because they're terrarists bigwillq Dec 2015 #7

We have a commander in chief who knows that is not true, what a ridiculous thing to say GummyBearz Dec 2015 #9

I was being sarcastic (kind of) bigwillq Dec 2015 #24

They are soooo ungrateful. Octafish Dec 2015 #13

You know, the bad guys gratuitous Dec 2015 #8

Speaking of money... You know who's getting RICH off the war on ISIS? Octafish Dec 2015 #14

Sibel Edmonds knew, so she was fired and slapped with a gag order when she tried to tell. nt tblue37 Jan 2016 #120

Can you handle the truth? It's to OWN THE LAND. GOOGLE "Mineral wealth of Afghanistan"!!!! WinkyDink Dec 2015 #10

Trillions for Billionaires! Octafish Dec 2015 #17

Great post, Octafish. nt. polly7 Dec 2015 #43

And yet there are millions of americans who think that 3000 American lives in NYC would mean WinkyDink Jan 2016 #130

+1000. nt. polly7 Dec 2015 #44

and cell phones klyon Dec 2015 #70

Everyone wants Afghanistan for the location and resources KentuckyWoman Dec 2015 #15

Bush, Enron, UNOCAL and the Taliban Octafish Dec 2015 #29

Some combination of scary bogeymen. We lost. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2015 #16

I was hoping we would have closed the books back in 2009. Octafish Dec 2015 #31

WHY EVIL DOERS, that's who, SIR! bobthedrummer Dec 2015 #25

He may be the only uncorrupted guy in that whole bunch. Octafish Dec 2015 #52

Allowing our favored industries first dibs at a trillion dollar's worth of raw materials arcane1 Dec 2015 #26

That is a lot of awesome. Plus, the location! Octafish Dec 2015 #58

^^This, and of course to save face johnnypanic42 Dec 2015 #77

We're fighting FOR heroin. Rich people must get richer, after all. nt valerief Dec 2015 #28

Same Ol' World Odor Octafish Dec 2015 #64

The Nazis, cause they bombed Pearl Harbor. Crack a book for Pete's sake. Glassunion Dec 2015 #30

The American Dream Octafish Dec 2015 #66

Everybody Matrosov Dec 2015 #32

We need more guns to protect our ideals. Octafish Dec 2015 #94

Well we can eliminate the producers of heroin malaise Dec 2015 #36

The Politics of Afghan Opium (2002) Octafish Dec 2015 #104

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! malaise Jan 2016 #110

Eurasia. Or was that Eastasia? PowerToThePeople Dec 2015 #37

Got a box of rocks to boot for ever... Octafish Jan 2016 #105

Eastasia. We have always been at war with Eastasia. Fozzledick Jan 2016 #122

The M$M likes this war, not enough are complaining and the ones that do Rex Dec 2015 #39

Maybe the big enemy isn't overseas at all. Octafish Jan 2016 #112

"Somebody" is making a lot of money off their poppy crops n/t Holly_Hobby Dec 2015 #41

The Real ''Surge'' Octafish Jan 2016 #127

Check the checklist ... Scuba Dec 2015 #42

The US invasion of Afghanistan was justified and fully supported by many allies. tabasco Dec 2015 #46

Sorry, but 9/11 should have been treated like the crime it was. Scuba Dec 2015 #47

That's like, your opinion, man. n/t tabasco Dec 2015 #49

Did you note that we're still wasting lives and money in Afghanistan, 15 years later? Scuba Dec 2015 #50

Er uh...er uh...well that is besides the point! Rex Dec 2015 #54

Thanks to Bush's illegal invasion of Iraq. tabasco Dec 2015 #59

Yeah and millions of us agree with it, man. Rex Dec 2015 #53

There's like 300 million in the US alone. tabasco Dec 2015 #60

"but 9/11 should have been treated like the crime it was" EX500rider Dec 2015 #68

If that's the only way you can think of to apprehend criminals you're not very thoughtful. Scuba Dec 2015 #71

Speaking of not very thoughtful... EX500rider Dec 2015 #72

"Beef up " means to add to. And legitimizing the CRIME by ... Scuba Dec 2015 #74

So you think law enforcement... EX500rider Dec 2015 #75

Ever hear of a SWAT team? 'Cause that's what took out Bin Laden. Scuba Dec 2015 #79

Yeah he was hiding in a house with a few guards.. EX500rider Dec 2015 #80

Hey if you want to defend one of the worst foreign policy blunders in American history, be my guest. Scuba Dec 2015 #81

Taking down the Taliban is the worst blunder in YOUR opinion... EX500rider Dec 2015 #82

In case you haven't noticed, we haven't taken them down, 15 years and a trillion dollars later. Scuba Dec 2015 #83

Actually we did...they are no longer the government of Afghanistan.. EX500rider Dec 2015 #86

The difference between a SWAT team and a US tier one military unit.. TipTok Dec 2015 #90

Seal Team Six is no fucking SWAT Team. Your ignorance of basic tactical msanthrope Jan 2016 #109

Condescension works great for building animus among the lower ranks. Octafish Jan 2016 #124

Al Qaeda was, like, 50 guys total truebluegreen Dec 2015 #103

Maybe you missed the African Embassy bombings... EX500rider Jan 2016 #108

Wikipedia? Srsly? truebluegreen Jan 2016 #119

Which law enforcement agency would you have sent? TipTok Dec 2015 #89

Historical note: the Taliban agreed to extradite bin Laden to a court with international KingCharlemagne Dec 2015 #93

If by "we" you mean NATO and Afghan Army forces tabasco Dec 2015 #45

So 15 years later and why are we still there? How many decades do we need to be there? Rex Dec 2015 #55

We are saving their mineral resources and poppies JEB Dec 2015 #48

Strange Victory Octafish Dec 2015 #102

They are just pulling themselves up by their bootstraps. JEB Jan 2016 #113

We are not fighting, we are making sure the opium drug lords have security from Rex Dec 2015 #56

Well said. Remember when Seymour Hersh had a job at The New Yorker? Octafish Dec 2015 #101

Who are we NOT fighting in Afghanistan? Wounded Bear Dec 2015 #57

Germany? Octafish Jan 2016 #114

Bad people. Don't you like cheap oil? TBF Dec 2015 #63

All the oil in the world won't bring back a lost life. Octafish Jan 2016 #115

... TBF Jan 2016 #116

We are fighting the people that assassinated JFK. kwassa Dec 2015 #69

''Money trumps peace.'' -- appointed pretzeldent George Walker Bush, Feb. 14, 2007 Octafish Dec 2015 #73

The corporate media seems to conveniently forget to report a lot of things. Rex Dec 2015 #85

That seems like synchronicity, so much serendipity. Octafish Dec 2015 #91

This has been a year of some interesting books, don't you think? MrMickeysMom Dec 2015 #99

Media Blackout shows it is Great Book. Octafish Dec 2015 #100

And it's 1-2-3, what are we fighting for? Don't ask me, I don't KingCharlemagne Dec 2015 #97

One Definition of Insanity Octafish Jan 2016 #123

;-) WinkyDink Jan 2016 #131

Kaos... madinmaryland Jan 2016 #106

A Strategy of Tension Octafish Jan 2016 #125

And what are we fighting for? bluedigger Jan 2016 #107

He's a Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man Octafish Jan 2016 #118

We are fighting ourselves. raouldukelives Jan 2016 #111

Operation CYCLONE Octafish Jan 2016 #117