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2009-03-13 Afghanistan

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Posted by tipper 2009-03-13 06:51|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Can we defeat the Luftwaffe?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-03-13 07:03|| 2009-03-13 07:03|| Front Page Top

#2 The relevant question is,

Will we defeat the Taliban?

Posted by phil_b 2009-03-13 08:24|| 2009-03-13 08:24|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm sure we could defeat totally them one day but it seems more like the Taliban are VC in Cambodia. The only thing we can do is trim the grass when it grows long.

Whatever we do today, tomorrow some old man is recruiting young boys in Pakistan to resupply them and we can't go there to stop it.

Pakistan is less than 50% friend so it's not like we have a real ally but more like a fool who is in the way.

Posted by Phineting Gleresing6936 2009-03-13 10:40|| 2009-03-13 10:40|| Front Page Top

#4 THe VC was defeated in fact nearly exterminated during the Tet. It was the hippies at Berkeley who defeated America not the VC.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2009-03-13 11:43|| 2009-03-13 11:43|| Front Page Top

#5 How many are we willing to kill?

Posted by mojo 2009-03-13 12:05|| 2009-03-13 12:05|| Front Page Top

#6 How many are we willing to kill?

Some of us are willing to kill all of them, just to set an example. All of the NWFP tribal area needs to be sterilized, that would send a powerful message. The Magic Kingdom needs to be quarantined and the Royal Family jailed. I could go on, but there is no point.

Posted by Trader_DFW 2009-03-13 13:35|| 2009-03-13 13:35|| Front Page Top

#7 sounds good too me Trader

Posted by rabid whitetail 2009-03-13 17:14|| 2009-03-13 17:14|| Front Page Top

#8 Are we willing to is the question.

Some aren't - Obama and Clinton and company who want to 'reach an accommodation' with the Taliban.

In all the 1400 year history of Islam and its war on civilization - accommodation hasn't worked yet. At most it gives you a small period of peace (granted only for a short time when Islam finds itself on the losing end. And even then only until Islam re-arms and re-groups.).

Yet every generation has its idiots who think that this time it'll be different. This time we can have 'peace in our time'.

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-03-13 19:16|| 2009-03-13 19:16|| Front Page Top

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