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| Afghanistan |
| The Country Where Hope Goes to Die |
| 2011-10-20 |
| Western aid workers have long been deeply involved in Afghanistan, putting their lives at risk and fighting for funding back home. Still, they have accomplished little or have seen much of their work destroyed. Many will be leaving the country in disappointment. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #7 Don't worry, remoteman. We will soon be in Uganda. First we send in the special forces, then the other advisers, and then troops to protect the advisers, and then people to build the bases, and then troops to search out the bad guys, and ... |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2011-10-20 22:01 |
| #6 We need to leave this hell hole. Yesterday. We are wasting our best and bravest's lives. It is a travesty. Leave the savages to their own rot. |
| Posted by: remoteman 2011-10-20 16:34 |
| #5 quarantine the country I wish that were possible. Look at a topographical map, and consider the countries which border on the 'Stan. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-10-20 14:15 |
| #4 Then we merely quarantine the country. No-one leaves. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2011-10-20 13:51 |
| #3 What Afghans really want are no armed infidels on their land, only armed jihadis. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-10-20 13:37 |
| #2 This is the Spiegel a German magazine; a German Left Wing magazine who was one odf thse strongest opponents bith to Iraqui Freedom and o inviolvement in Afghanistan. |
| Posted by: JFM 2011-10-20 12:49 |
| #1 Did they bother to ask them what they wanted? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2011-10-20 11:21 |