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2018-12-02 Afghanistan

US Drops Record Number Of Bombs On Insurgents In Afghanistan

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Posted by trailing wife 2018-12-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [15 views ] Top

#1 Cleaning out the old ordinance for a new Holiday Season Supply?

Posted by Frank G 2018-12-02 07:53|| 2018-12-02 07:53|| Front Page Top

#2 ...best use by dates coming due.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-12-02 08:40|| 2018-12-02 08:40|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm becoming disillusioned with this war. Four Americans died there this week. Over 2000 Americans have died in all. Untold wealth has been spent to fight this war and support the locals.

IMO we should salt the poppy fields, burn all that is Taliban/Haqqani and get the hell out.

The Coalition forces have killed 23K enemy. Seemingly, an enemy that regenerates itself.

Hopefully, President Trump has better results than his predecessors.

Posted by jvalentour 2018-12-02 08:50|| 2018-12-02 08:50|| Front Page Top

#4 Trump already tried to get us out of Afghanistan. He was overruled by the deep state.

We're never leaving. Ever. It's a great position to threaten Russia from, and there are rich veins of minerals in Afghanistan's hills for our corporations to profit from. To say nothing of the cost of the war which is also highly profitable.

Asking them to win the war is crazy. It's like asking the family provider to be laid off. People have built lives and careers on the war in Afghanistan. They will fight before they allow us to deprive them of their justly won livelihood.

Posted by Butch Ulilet8032 2018-12-02 09:14|| 2018-12-02 09:14|| Front Page Top

#5 Yes. It's not making anybody safer and good sons and daughters are getting killed.

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-12-02 09:42|| 2018-12-02 09:42|| Front Page Top

#6

One of the best post 9-11 videos by "Open Season" - Stuck Mojo. "I'll speak peace when peace is spoken". Summed up nicely.

Posted by Woodrow 2018-12-02 09:54|| 2018-12-02 09:54|| Front Page Top

#7 IMO we should salt the poppy fields, burn all that is Taliban/Haqqani and get the hell out.

Until you salt Pakistan, you'll never solve the problem.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-12-02 10:28|| 2018-12-02 10:28|| Front Page Top

#8 the number of bombs is not a particularly good metric because 'bombs' includes some fairly small explosive packages delivered by drones - in fact, probably more every year are of this type

ideally we would have stood up a capable nationalist Afghan force long ago but this seems impossible

the next best thing is for the US to downsize it's presence and to eliminate, or at least reduce, the more costly and more high risk missions

Posted by lord garth 2018-12-02 12:51|| 2018-12-02 12:51|| Front Page Top

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