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2011-09-13 Afghanistan

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Posted by Unomotle Floluper4211 2011-09-13 03:13|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Hey, I got an indear. Hows bout instead of reconciliation we try to locate and blow the shit outta Mullah Omar. I dunno, twenty...maybe fiddy mile radius. If he ain't there we try somewhere else. But that's just me.

Posted by DepotGuy 2011-09-13 11:16|| 2011-09-13 11:16|| Front Page Top

#2 So the ISI appeared to have won through their Taliban proxies. The picture of Neville Chamberlain is very appropriate for this story, which, by the way, makes me sick.

Does the O admin work for the US or the Taliban? This is a national disgrace.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2011-09-13 14:08|| 2011-09-13 14:08|| Front Page Top

#3 At this point precipitous withdrawal would be the lesser evil. Leave the country and threaten immediate massive retaliation if there's any further act of aggression from the territory known as Afghanistan no matter if it is an "Islamic Republic" or an "Islamic Emirate." Also cut off all aid and impose sanctions.

The alternative is a Taliban regime recognized, protected and subsidized by the West. We're not yet in a position where we have to pay protection money to the Taliban. Western troops do not deserve to be sent to Afghanistan to serve the Taliban. We do not have to endure the spectacle of Mullah Omar triumphantly visiting the Ground Zero Mosque.

Withdrawal isn't 'Peace with Honor.' It is an act of implicit surrender and it will not bring about peace. But implicit surrender is still preferable to explicit surrender which is where this is going.

Posted by Unomotle Floluper4211 2011-09-13 16:03|| 2011-09-13 16:03|| Front Page Top

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