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laststeamtrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 07:30 PM Original message |
US Marines fan out across dangerous Afghan south |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. Good. Now that we have basically |
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laststeamtrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. You're out! |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Strike 3 I'm out? |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 07:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. three false assumptions in rapid succession *nt |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 07:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Welcome to DU |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
33. And the "real problem" is what, exactly? |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. Thank god. Finally enough troops in Afghanistan to win the war. |
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laststeamtrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. You forgot the :sarcasm: thing, right? n/t. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 11:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Nope. I don't like al Qaida. They killed 3000 Americans and Nato went to war |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 11:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Win??? In Afghanistan?? |
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laststeamtrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Some recent & past history at the link to this post. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Sorry - the US does not have the same objectives or use the same tacticcs as the Imperial UK or USSR |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. are you joking? |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 12:26 AM Response to Reply #18 |
29. 750 overseas bases... |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. so nice that war & occupation is cool again! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:17 AM Response to Reply #23 |
36. That was because Republicans were responsible 8 months ago. Now that Democrats are doing it, it's |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 08:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. show me a link that anyone from afghanistan was responsible for 9/11. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:12 AM Response to Reply #8 |
35. And you think Al Qaida are all in Afghanistan? They are all over the world, including |
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TheLastMohican (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 07:59 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. The Soviets kept a far larger force there |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. the opposition to the USSR was funded by the US of A |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:09 AM Response to Reply #6 |
34. The war against who or what, exactly? Isn't the leader of Afghanistan the puppet we installed? |
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western mass (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
9. Vietnam - Obama style. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 08:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. the quagmire, the giant black hole that sucks tax money nt |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-08-09 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. Fanning out? |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
12. I hope that I'm wrong, but this will not end WELL. |
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IDFbunny (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 01:59 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Al Queda and their Taliban protectors don't want us there. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 02:06 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Oh please? No warmongering propaganda. We are occupying a sovereign nation. |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. please don't use the GOP frame of "cut and run" |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:02 AM Response to Reply #13 |
31. Cut and run? Where have I heard that before? (Welcome to DU.) |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
16. We now have more mercenaries than soldiers in Afghanistan |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Bill Moyers said all the contractors are sniper trained mercenaries ? |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
24. Finishing the mission that AWOL Bush abandoned. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 08:34 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. what mission?? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 06:48 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Dude, they wanted to run an oil line through Afganistan |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-09-09 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
25. Its all about an OIL PIPELINE and money people |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 10:31 AM Response to Reply #25 |
37. Here's the pipeline |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. thank you bookmarking |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
32. Sooo, all these troops are looking for Bin Laden? |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. hah |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-10-09 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
40. This will end very badly |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Dutch general: new US troops will disrupt Taliban ( it's going to get bad before it gets worse) |
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