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NNN0LHI
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Fri Dec-10-04 09:19 PM Original message |
Did you ever support Osama bin Laden? I admit it. I did |
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bryant69
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Fri Dec-10-04 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. I didn't even know about them--but i was in high school. |
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NNN0LHI
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Fri Dec-10-04 09:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. In 1980 Dan Rather snuck into Afghanistan dressed like a mujahideen |
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NNN0LHI
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Fri Dec-10-04 10:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
27. Here is a photo from Rathers report |
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malmapus
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Fri Dec-10-04 10:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
35. I remember that one too |
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DrWeird
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Fri Dec-10-04 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. Any friend of Rambo's was a friend of mine. |
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mike_c
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Fri Dec-10-04 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. I really didn't.... |
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H2O Man
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Fri Dec-10-04 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. Can you tell us |
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NNN0LHI
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Fri Dec-10-04 09:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. A single article? How about a few thousand. Lets start with BBC |
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H2O Man
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Fri Dec-10-04 09:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. That article is dated |
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Medium Baby Jesus
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Fri Dec-10-04 09:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Try this |
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H2O Man
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Fri Dec-10-04 09:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Dated 8-24-98 |
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Old and In the Way
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Fri Dec-10-04 09:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. Google "Tim Ossman" |
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H2O Man
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Fri Dec-10-04 09:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Thank you |
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w13rd0
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Fri Dec-10-04 10:12 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Why not? |
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H2O Man
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Fri Dec-10-04 10:33 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. I'm not sure what you |
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w13rd0
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Fri Dec-10-04 11:16 PM Response to Reply #33 |
45. Reagan supported the Mujahadeen... |
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H2O Man
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Fri Dec-10-04 11:50 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. I think you missed my point .... |
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Minstrel Boy
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Fri Dec-10-04 11:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
39. In the '80s I read a lot about Dostum and Hekmatyar, |
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ConsAreLiars
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Sat Dec-11-04 12:08 AM Response to Reply #39 |
49. Creating the Islamic fundies as a counterforce against the USSR |
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spotbird
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Fri Dec-10-04 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. No, never. |
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HysteryDiagnosis
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Fri Dec-10-04 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. to defeat the Soviet occupation |
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KC21304
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Fri Dec-10-04 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
8. I believe our support for them started during the Carter administration. |
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NNN0LHI
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Fri Dec-10-04 09:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. I don't think the Stingers came until after Reagan if my memory is correct? |
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KC21304
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Fri Dec-10-04 09:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Yes Reagan got us in whole hog, CIA etc |
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MercutioATC
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Sat Dec-11-04 12:45 AM Response to Reply #8 |
54. Yes, Carter started funding the mujhadeen through a Pakistani front. |
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BamaLefty
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Fri Dec-10-04 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
9. This Was NOT good |
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Calmypal
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Fri Dec-10-04 09:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. No... |
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pleiku52cab
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Fri Dec-10-04 09:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. They can take the very air you breath |
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Old and In the Way
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Fri Dec-10-04 09:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. Why? |
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indigobusiness
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Fri Dec-10-04 10:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
32. We should not be governed by others opinions, |
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Nordic
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Fri Dec-10-04 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
12. and you would put a headline on DU that says this because .... |
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NNN0LHI
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Fri Dec-10-04 09:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Its our history. So I supported our presidents decisions at the time |
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Ian David
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Fri Dec-10-04 09:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Have you seen Rambo 3? |
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Quakerfriend
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Fri Dec-10-04 09:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. I remember supporting Bin Laden back then too |
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Fri Dec-10-04 10:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. I've read this masterpiece twice and I do indeed think your getting |
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quaker bill
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Fri Dec-10-04 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
25. No, I protested Raygun's arming of "freedom fighters" everywhere |
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knowbody0
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Fri Dec-10-04 09:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. raygun |
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Calmypal
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Fri Dec-10-04 11:08 PM Response to Reply #25 |
43. Alright, Mr. Secretary of State... |
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SnohoDem
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Fri Dec-10-04 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
30. I used to have a "Rock Against Russia" |
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indigobusiness
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Fri Dec-10-04 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
31. The only thing I root for in war |
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212demop
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Fri Dec-10-04 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
34. Never heard of him until 9/11- I'm 32 now so when Afghanistan |
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Deja Q
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Fri Dec-10-04 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
36. Ever try watching 'The Living Daylights'? Since 9/11, it's damn hard for |
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agitprop
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Fri Dec-10-04 10:41 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. well |
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Nordic
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Fri Dec-10-04 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
38. Now we're the Russians. Hated by all, doomed to failure |
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shakerbaker
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Sat Dec-11-04 12:04 AM Response to Reply #38 |
48. Bushalini Facism n/t |
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UpsideDownFlag
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Fri Dec-10-04 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
40. in the eighties? I was still watching the transformers cartoons in the 80 |
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Bouncy Ball
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Fri Dec-10-04 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
41. I was old enough to know and understand it |
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NNN0LHI
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Fri Dec-10-04 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
42. How many remember that bin Laden was still on good enough terms... |
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onager
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Fri Dec-10-04 11:17 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. I was in Saudi Arabia and distinctly remember bin Laden's offer. |
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Nordic
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Sat Dec-11-04 01:57 AM Response to Reply #42 |
55. story has it that's what REALLY pissed OBL off about Saudi Arabia |
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Kenneth ken
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Fri Dec-10-04 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
44. no, but |
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gottaB
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Sat Dec-11-04 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
50. No |
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NNN0LHI
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Sat Dec-11-04 12:26 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Reagan wasn't president in 1998 |
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gottaB
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Sat Dec-11-04 12:35 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. I was just replying to the question in the title |
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NNN0LHI
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Sat Dec-11-04 12:42 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. When the Afghan/Soviet war ended in 1989 |
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