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2009-11-07 Afghanistan

Prospect of More U.S. Troops Worries Afghan Public

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Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-11-07 11:25|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 If the NYT claims Afghans are worried now, wait till the US pulls out. Expect boat people from land locked Afghanistan.

Posted by ed 2009-11-07 12:30|| 2009-11-07 12:30|| Front Page Top

#2 Afghanistan has pharmacies?

"You have a cold. We will treat it with opium."
"You have polio. We will treat it with opium"
"You have acne. We will treat it with opium"
"You are addicted to opium. We will treat it with opium"

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-11-07 13:54|| 2009-11-07 13:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Thanks Frank, I should have thought of that :-)

Posted by Steve White 2009-11-07 15:27|| 2009-11-07 15:27|| Front Page Top

#4 I am still of the mind that Afghanistan might have been saved, if from the very beginning we entered the place with the intention of completely rewriting it. If it was Afghan, get rid of it and replace it with something known to work elsewhere.

A MacArthur (PBUH) constitution, mandatory western style public boarding schools for all children, the complete reeducation of all civil servants to western style performance and merit based promotion.

And most of all, a jobs program for every unemployed male. Because their typical wage is bird seed, we could have done that for just $1B a year.

Yes, we would still have been fighting al-Qaeda and Taliban just as fiercely. But at least there would have been a long term accomplishment, instead of just doing it for the sake of doing it.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-11-07 18:21|| 2009-11-07 18:21|| Front Page Top

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