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EX500rider

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32. So your theory is we are trying to pacify Afgh. so Russia & China can mine? lol

Reply to Cold War Spook (Reply #31)

Fri Feb 2, 2018, 02:45 PM

Feb 2018

You at least could have gone with the much more popular "Oil pipeline!" lol

Why does it matter where bin Laden was from? He certainly wasn't welcome in Saudi.
He was based in Afgh when he planned and executed 9/11, given safe haven by the Taliban.

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The U.S. Is Losing Badly In Afghanistan, But The Trump Administration Is Telling Americans Less [View all] DonViejo Jan 2018 OP

No foreign power that I know of has ever won in Afghanistan YessirAtsaFact Jan 2018 #1

W's legacy lives on. AtheistCrusader Jan 2018 #3

Many invaders have won, but there wasn't enough to keep them there. EX500rider Jan 2018 #14

Vietnam 2.0 and nobody even seems to care anymore. AtheistCrusader Jan 2018 #2

That's the sense I have too hexola Jan 2018 #4

Its not on TV and there is no draft YessirAtsaFact Jan 2018 #5

Depends on how you define "winning". 7962 Jan 2018 #6

Definition of winning howardmappel Jan 2018 #20

See reply #10 for the biggest necessity. 7962 Feb 2018 #24

And they are more willing Cold War Spook Feb 2018 #28

Winning Bigly. gibraltar72 Jan 2018 #7

History will tell the story ... UpInArms Jan 2018 #8

I for one am tired of winning.... n/t getagrip_already Jan 2018 #9

At the end of the day, the Afghanis gotta want it NCDem777 Jan 2018 #10

Sums it up pretty well.nt 7962 Feb 2018 #22

Shoulda listened to Biden zipplewrath Jan 2018 #11

Let's not forget Putin is supporting Taliban neohippie Jan 2018 #12

That cant be true, because if it was Trump would call them out on it. RIGHT? 7962 Feb 2018 #23

Yeah right... lol neohippie Feb 2018 #25

Pretty terrifying isn't it? Especially since Russia is likely dictating dewsgirl Feb 2018 #26

Let's not forget Pakistan's Role, Trump withheld aid and now it is payback time harun Feb 2018 #27

Wait, tRump lied, with Pence, Ryan and other conservatives applauding? ffr Jan 2018 #13

Did Trump even mention Afghanistan in his SOTU speech... procon Jan 2018 #15

I think he did Bradical79 Jan 2018 #19

Hold on now! Are these people implying that "Bombing the shit out of them." didn't Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2018 #16

So we find this out from... the British Broadcasting Corporation. mwooldri Jan 2018 #17

Erik Prince has plans for Afghanistan: Military occupation for profit, not security mia Jan 2018 #18

Erik Prince's plan for Afghanistan howardmappel Jan 2018 #21

The US and Russia are in Afghanistan for one reason only, Cold War Spook Feb 2018 #29

Nonsense. EX500rider Feb 2018 #30

Osama bin Laden was a Saudi Cold War Spook Feb 2018 #31

So your theory is we are trying to pacify Afgh. so Russia & China can mine? lol EX500rider Feb 2018 #32

Take a course in reading comprehension. Cold War Spook Feb 2018 #33