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Sheba, what would your idea be toward solving the issue in Afghanistan?

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Oct 28 '08, 07:49

if you think trying to involve the insurgents in discussions is just rehashing the past mistakes; I'm kinda confused.

becuase this is about a 180degree change in tactics.

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"McCain will nuke my goats!!!" -- nm - Afghani Goat Herder Oct 28, 08:08
You know you've lost when you have to have your meetings in a hole. -- nm - John Stewart Oct 28, 08:03 3
- Of course that depends on exactly how you define "lost". - sheba of seven veils Oct 28, 08:06 2
  - yes. hunted into living in holes. most of your allies are dead or could turn on you at any moment...party time -- nm - Count Beakula Oct 28, 08:08 1
    - By your definition or mine, it would be defeat ... but of course our definition isn't the one that counts in this instance. -- nm - sheba of seven veils Oct 28, 08:13
Have we not been throwing money at underlings for years in Afghanistan and Iraq for years, expecting to bring them over to our side? - John McCain Oct 28, 07:57 4
- We've made substantial progress upon realizing "Our way or the highway" isn't a method to control a populace. - Will Hunting Oct 28, 08:06 2
  - If we ever stop screaming, "We're right! Side with us against everything you've ever believed!" and actually learn about them and start saying, "Hey, - sheba of seven veils Oct 28, 08:11 1
    - That's what you're saying when you bring negotiations into it. - Will Hunting Oct 28, 08:34
- auto nick. :( -- nm - sheba of seven veils Oct 28, 07:58
troop surge! - mafic Oct 28, 07:53
"I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. " -- nm - Ripley Oct 28, 07:51 2
- Alas, you can't kill a belief system or an idea. Not even with nukes. -- nm - sheba of seven veils Oct 28, 08:01
- C'mon, we'd only succeed in bombing that place UP to the Stone Age. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 28, 07:51

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