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Obama issues order for more troops in Afghanistan. -- (link)

Posted by Don Homer (aka DonHomer) Nov 30 '09, 09:55

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UGH (www.nytimes.com)

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This is neither good nor bad until I see what goals he's set and whether he has changed policy even a little bit. - TWuG Nov 30, 10:33
More troops for an unwinnable "war" (or, in essence, more police officers) is generally a bad thing ... - Beryllium Nov 30, 10:02 24
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  - Iraq has taught us that that depends on if there's money to be made -- nm - con_carne Nov 30, 10:18
  - I was just trying to think what event a time traveller would have to undo to prevent all this, or if there'd be one - Reagen Nov 30, 10:08 16
    - My Jewish friends will not agree with me, but I would have prevented the creation of Israel as a Jewish state -- nm - con_carne Nov 30, 10:25 3
      - along a similar line, this book will only further stoke that controversy... -- (link) - znufrii Nov 30, 10:28
      - Or it should have been created from German territory. -- nm - Dano Nov 30, 10:27 1
        
        That couldn't happen in Europe, not without risking a repeat of the Holocaust in the years to come. - Roger More Nov 30, 10:30
    - Sending in reinforcements in 2001, when we *had* Bin Laden trapped -- nm - Jovian Nov 30, 10:24
    - I think earlier, like around Muhammad's death -- nm - Roger More Nov 30, 10:12 6
      - I'm not sure I believe that. There's no reason we had to end up with these series of conflicts in this region - Reagen Nov 30, 10:19 5
        
        Are you talking about Iran or Afghanistan? I was thinking Iran, and that its quest for a nuclear bomb isn't so much about the West as enemy as its - Roger More Nov 30, 10:26 4
        
        Iran leads to Afghanistan. -- nm - Reagen Nov 30, 10:41 3
        
        I see them being on different tracks - if not for September 11, there's be no US involvement in Afghanistan, and I don't believe the Taliban operated - Roger More Nov 30, 10:53 2
        
        I'm not claiming they ever did (in fact Iran had a lot of issues with AlQaeda) - Reagen Nov 30, 11:01 1
        
        Thanks - now I get the links -- nm - Roger More Nov 30, 11:03
    - I think it would involve an apple -- nm - Beryllium Nov 30, 10:10 3
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        Stupid Eve -- nm - Dano Nov 30, 10:33 1
        
        man I aint going for that. pink cadillac. -- nm - Max Nov 30, 11:00
  - I love that every penny matters for things like health care spending, but not for military. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 30, 10:05 3
    - I'm a bit of a broken record about this, but have we seen Why We Fight? -- nm - con_carne Nov 30, 10:24
    - *submits another billion in fraudulent reimbursements* -- nm - KBR Nov 30, 10:09
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  - Vietnam? Iraq? -- nm - Roger More Nov 30, 10:05
Do you go online to do that? I'm glad he waited until Cyber Monday. I bet he got a discount on that order. -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Nov 30, 10:00 3
- Blackwater was offering 20% off. -- nm - Remlik Nov 30, 10:02 2
  - but wait, act now, and we'll throw in a free masacre of innocent bystanders! - Xe Nov 30, 10:05
  - At those rates, you'd be crazy not to! -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Nov 30, 10:03
meh. -- nm - znufrii Nov 30, 10:00 1
- this one -- nm - Epiphany Nov 30, 10:02
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War, boy, I don't know. -- nm - Loyola Nov 30, 09:56

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