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2008-08-08 Afghanistan

American deaths in Afghanistan war reach 500 - Quagmire

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-08-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
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#1 The way out of Afghanistan is as it has always been historically - through the Khyber into Pakistan. That should be our plan but there is that small problem of the nukes.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2008-08-08 03:07|| 2008-08-08 03:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Alexander wasn't politically correct, slaughtering whole villages if suspected of insurgency. Didn't he end up getting hitched to a chieftans daughter?

Posted by bman 2008-08-08 10:28|| 2008-08-08 10:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Daniel Dravot and Peachey Carnahan's plan used to conquer Kafiristan:

Throughout their arduous trek, Peachy and Daniel brave the perils of avalanches and Afghan marauders, over the lofty Himalayan peaks and down into the tribal valley of Kafiristan. According to Daniel Dravot's master plan, they will conquer and assimilate. "In any place where they fight," he says, "a man who knows how to drill men can always be a King. We shall go to those parts and say to any King we find - "D'you want to vanquish your foes?' and we will show him how to drill men; for that we know better than anything else. Then we will subvert that King and seize his Throne and establish a Dynasty." And in a later scene, he explains to one rag-tag band of would-be soldiers, "Now listen to me you benighted muckers. We're going to teach you soldiering. The world's noblest profession. When we're done with you, you'll be able to slaughter your enemies like civilized men."

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-08-08 11:11|| 2008-08-08 11:11|| Front Page Top

#4 With a Martini and a Henry

Posted by .5MT 2008-08-08 11:58|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2008-08-08 11:58|| Front Page Top

#5 Why are US troops dying in Afghanistan?

Posted by Ebbineth Prince of the Hatfields4375 2008-08-08 18:08|| 2008-08-08 18:08|| Front Page Top

#6 For the same reason your Canadian forces are.

Posted by lotp 2008-08-08 18:16|| 2008-08-08 18:16|| Front Page Top

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