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2004-01-13 Afghanistan

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-01-13 12:42:41 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I don't think these fellas probably have many basic job skills. We better get McDonalds and Walmart in there fast unless Afghanistan plans to become the mail-in, gun repair, capital of the world.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-1-13 11:24:10 AM|| 2004-1-13 11:24:10 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Some of them could remove garbage from Iraqi streets.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-1-13 2:04:36 PM|| 2004-1-13 2:04:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I don't think these fellas probably have many basic job skills.

I wouldn't be too sure. A lot of these guys are part-timers, just like the Vietcong. For a while, the Taliban offered them jobs that tooking them away from planting crops or herding sheep, courtesy of Saudi and Pakistani money. Now that the salad days are over, they'll probably return to tending either crops or livestock. Of course, they could also join the security force for opium cultivators or heroin smugglers.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-1-13 2:16:42 PM|| 2004-1-13 2:16:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 For a while, the Taliban offered them jobs that tooking them away from planting crops or herding sheep, courtesy of Saudi and Pakistani money.

That should have read: For a while, the Taliban offered them jobs that took~~ing~~ them away from planting crops or herding sheep, courtesy of Saudi and Pakistani money.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-1-13 2:17:56 PM|| 2004-1-13 2:17:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 I like the SH's idea of mail in gun repair. These guys seem to be hardwired for gunpowder and iron. I think they might even go for it.

Posted by Shipman 2004-1-13 5:23:02 PM|| 2004-1-13 5:23:02 PM|| Front Page Top

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