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2020-03-16 Afghanistan
‘They’re not acting in good faith’, U.S. CENTCOM commander says about Taliban attacks
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Posted by trailing wife 2020-03-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ]  Top
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#1 Young man, I told you that if you didn't get to the dinner table immediately I'd unplug that modem thingee while you were still typing...
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-03-16 02:25||   2020-03-16 02:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Ha! Does she know he's up this late?
Posted by Skidmark 2020-03-16 02:43||   2020-03-16 02:43|| Front Page Top

#3 Oh? That was an "argument"? FOAD, Herb
Posted by Frank G 2020-03-16 04:03||   2020-03-16 04:03|| Front Page Top

#4 Morgan Ortagus, a State Department spokesperson

Limerick time! (Pretty please?)
Posted by Lex 2020-03-16 08:07||   2020-03-16 08:07|| Front Page Top

#5 I feel a need to explain myself. The first comment obviously was broken in mid thought. I saw a great opportunity to goof on that. A slur? I really don't think so.
As for the Afghanistan situation, yes, bad faith is the only kind the Taliban have. Is it up to us to fix that? I say no but plenty of Afghans hope otherwise. On the one hand, we could kill them all, just not with the ROE we have right now, and the ROE we would need aren't going to happen. Truth is if there was a biological rather than chemical way to kill the poppies it would be game over, but that would affect too many retirement plans inside the Beltway and in other capitol. So that ain't happening either.
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-03-16 08:20||   2020-03-16 08:20|| Front Page Top

#6 In these circumstances best to declare victory and come home, methinks.
With 'Erb on this.
Posted by Lex 2020-03-16 08:25||   2020-03-16 08:25|| Front Page Top

#7 Lessee. I basically agree with you on the Afghanistan situation. OK, I went for the low hanging fruit. In case you haven't noticed, Senatorial collegiality isn't much the rule here, though it's way more civilized than the comments at a lot of other sites. I've left myself open to the same treatment (technically called "I stepped on my d*ck") and I didn't whine about it. If you have to call a playground goof a slur I guess I don't need to make extra effort to agree with you even when I tend to feel I do. Just sayin...
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-03-16 08:58||   2020-03-16 08:58|| Front Page Top

#8 I guess my comment #8 doesn't meet the Herb threshold for "arguments" because there are no links or footnotes.

That was an undisguised snide remark, BTW..
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-03-16 09:04||   2020-03-16 09:04|| Front Page Top

#9 With the world distracted by everything corona, now would be an outstanding time to change the ROE.

End them.
Posted by The peanut gallery 2020-03-16 10:59||   2020-03-16 10:59|| Front Page Top

#10 I like comment #13 but I also want to get all of our troops out of there. I want them home from everywhere.

Herb, just because I want the troops home does not mean I agree with you. On anything. Ever. I think you are paid scum.
Posted by Whiskey Mike 2020-03-16 14:18||   2020-03-16 14:18|| Front Page Top

#11 That’s quite enough of that. Mr. McCoy, you need to learn the critical life skill of rising above it. You were being gently teased in a friendly manner until you attacked. For the next two days all your comments will be spamcopped. After that we will readdress the question.
Posted by trailing wife 2020-03-16 14:52||   2020-03-16 14:52|| Front Page Top

#12 Obey the commander in chief. I'm


You're in the military?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-03-16 14:53||   2020-03-16 14:53|| Front Page Top

#13 Now I feel bad. I essentially started it. I need to do better myself.
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-03-16 15:42||   2020-03-16 15:42|| Front Page Top

#14 She has a way with words, doesn't she.
Posted by Skidmark 2020-03-16 16:09||   2020-03-16 16:09|| Front Page Top

#15 I feel... Chastened.
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-03-16 16:12||   2020-03-16 16:12|| Front Page Top

#16 Dear M., next time just use one of those winky emoticons or LOL or something similar to indicate the teasing even I caught, though I, too, can be overly literal. I’ve had to apologize for it more times than I care to remember.
Posted by trailing wife 2020-03-16 16:51||   2020-03-16 16:51|| Front Page Top

#17 Herb pushes peoples buttons here, but he says some worthwhile stuff. Everyone can improve their delivery if the just accept there's room for improvement and it's worth the effort to get there.
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-03-16 17:01||   2020-03-16 17:01|| Front Page Top

#18 But I don't feel a need to offer a link to every opinion I happen to have. Sometimes I shoot from the hip and I'm not half bad at that.
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-03-16 17:10||   2020-03-16 17:10|| Front Page Top

#19 And the setup was sweet. I couldn't pass it up.
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-03-16 17:13||   2020-03-16 17:13|| Front Page Top

#20 if the just accept there's room for improvement

Acceptance by the Just allows for the compromise of standards of decorum, which then becomes acceptable behavior and in time diminishes constructs of the social contract.
Posted by Skidmark 2020-03-16 18:13||   2020-03-16 18:13|| Front Page Top

#21 Wish it weren't so but you are correct.
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-03-16 18:23||   2020-03-16 18:23|| Front Page Top

#22 Putin may have hypersonic missiles, but only we have the Periwinkle Cluebat.
Posted by Matt 2020-03-16 19:15||   2020-03-16 19:15|| Front Page Top

#23 And that bat works. Try it and see.
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-03-16 19:30||   2020-03-16 19:30|| Front Page Top

#24 *blush*

Herb, please don’t make me this again — it hurts.
Posted by trailing wife 2020-03-16 21:30||   2020-03-16 21:30|| Front Page Top

#25 ... An it's 'Erbie this, an' 'Erbie that, and "Chuck 'im out, the brute!"
But it's saviour of his website when the pixels start to shoot
Posted by Lex 2020-03-16 21:42||   2020-03-16 21:42|| Front Page Top

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