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2021-08-30 Afghanistan

Escobar: 'Forever War' Benefiting Afghans? Follow The Money

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Posted by Skidmark 2021-08-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
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#1 After 20 years and a staggering $2.23 trillion spent in a “forever war”

Tell me again about military aid to Israel being a waste.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-08-30 00:14|| 2021-08-30 00:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Was it something I said?

Posted by Raj 2021-08-30 00:37|| 2021-08-30 00:37|| Front Page Top

#3 Why, yes it was - I'm not allowed to criticize the board's a&&hole in crude, direct terms, even if it's mild.

tw- just ban me by IP address; I'm fine with it.

Posted by Raj 2021-08-30 00:46|| 2021-08-30 00:46|| Front Page Top

#4 The moderation here is much like that practiced by SJWs. Only a narrow band of discussion is allowed, anything else gets censored.

Just because something is a colossal waste doesn't mean that we can't address waste that is merely gargantuan. We can do two things at once.

China spent $800 billion over ten years and got a nationwide high speed rail system for it. What do we get for all this money we spend on other countries? Jack and shit.

Posted by Blinky Pholuling8616 2021-08-30 08:34|| 2021-08-30 08:34|| Front Page Top

#5 Flame wars drive people away — good, thoughtful people who have better things to do leave long before the target.

Blinky Pholuling8616, if you really believed your #4, you would take yourself to more congenial surroundings.

Posted by trailing wife 2021-08-30 12:23|| 2021-08-30 12:23|| Front Page Top

#6 TW - absolutely correct. Also, to answer a question from a week ago regarding one Zehra Duman: yes, that is the person in question.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2021-08-30 18:11|| 2021-08-30 18:11|| Front Page Top

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