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Volaris

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19. Yep. When your only tool is a hammer, everything looks like a damn nail.

Reply to procon (Reply #10)

Sun Aug 20, 2017, 09:38 PM

Aug 2017

The keys are education and economic growth. You get the NEGATIVE/OPPOSITE via military occupation.

IF we were using that military for a 20-year plan to facilitate the education of a new generation of afghan government and citizenery,I might buy into it...provided the Congress were willing to shell out for what was really needed. As it stands now.. .
Nope. No fucking way. All he's going to accomplish is to get good people on both sides killed for No Good Reason. Russia must be laughing their fool heads off.

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Can we draft conservatives? greeny2323 Aug 2017 #1

That's his big 'reveal?' America will yawn leftstreet Aug 2017 #2

I could be wrong but didn't trump promise to get us out of Afgan??? riversedge Aug 2017 #3

Yes Eyeball_Kid Aug 2017 #5

He was also going to defeat ISIS in 30 days... unitedwethrive Aug 2017 #8

Yep, and he already had his plan for it. nt tblue37 Aug 2017 #13

Yes. Probably after building a wall, repealing Obamacare leftstreet Aug 2017 #9

I guess being there for 16 years isn't long enough. BigmanPigman Aug 2017 #4

Odds are 7 in10. Eyeball_Kid Aug 2017 #7

Not exactly a surprise bearsfootball516 Aug 2017 #6

2000 years of history proves that the problems in Afghanistan by the military. procon Aug 2017 #10

Yep. When your only tool is a hammer, everything looks like a damn nail. Volaris Aug 2017 #19

Distraction, needs another poll bump uponit7771 Aug 2017 #11

This is it. Pure distraction! LuckyLib Aug 2017 #17

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Send a few more, wait a month, declare victory, bring em home NightWatcher Aug 2017 #14

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Get out of Afghanistan, should have been out 15 years ago Not Ruth Aug 2017 #16

So he is keeping Obama's plan? He won't like us saying that. haveahart Aug 2017 #18